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Der Scout

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Original title

Der Scout

Year

1983

Running time

102 min.

Country

Germany - East Germany (GDR)

Director

Dshamjangijn Buntar, Konrad Petzold

Screenwriter

Gottfried Kolditz, Konrad Petzold

Cast

Music

Karl-Ernst Sasse

Cinematography

Otto Hanisch, Geserdshawijn Masch

Producer

Co-production Germany - East Germany (GDR)-Mongolia;

Deutsche Film (DEFA), Mongolkino

Genre

Western

Synopsis

The film is based on real events. At the end of the seventies of the previous century the fights against the Sioux were over, and the US-Army started putting the Indian tribes living to the West of the Rocky Mountains into reservations. Among those tribes was the peaceful hunter and fisher tribe of the Nez Perces. The cavalry under Colonel Howard takes the horses of the Nez Perces in order to prevent them from fleeing to Canada, which would be the tribe's only option to avoid their own decay on the reservation. The deputy chief White Feather takes over the seemingly impossible task of bringing back the herd of horses. His chances of succeeding improve when he finds out from scouts of the Cayuse that Fort Lapwai, the destination of the Americans, has been destroyed and that Howard's group is in trouble. The Cayuse pursue the cavalry and the dissolving groups arrive simultaneously at the debris of the fort.

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Der Scout

1983

Dshamjangijn Buntar, Konrad Petzold