Black Eagle of Santa Fe

Die Schwarzen Adler von Santa Fe
Directed by Alberto Cardone as Albert Cardkiff and Ernst Hofbauer as Ernest Goodman
Produced by Mario Siciliano, Gunther Raguse, Wolf C. Hartwig
Written by Valeria Bonamano, Jack Lewis
Starring Brad Harris
Joachim Hansen
Horst Frank
Tony Kendall
Music by Gert Wilden
Cinematography Hans Jura Eastmancolor, Ultrascope
Distributed by Constantin Film
Release dates
1965
Running time
95 minutes
Country West Germany, Italy
Language German

The Black Eagle of Santa Fe or Die Schwarzen Adler von Santa Fe is a 1965 West German and Italian international co-production western film directed by Alberto Cardone and Ernst Hofbauer.

Story

Ranch workers disguised as soldiers murder Indians in order to stir up trouble with the whites so the rancher can claim their land.

Production

Jack Lewis recalled that Ron Ormond asked him to write a draft of a script based on a magazine story called Fort Disaster adding Indians, cavalry and Frank and Jesse James. When Ormond passed on the screenplay, Lewis retitled his screenplay Massacre Mountain and gave it to his agent Ilse Lahn Waitzerkorn[1] who several years later leased his script to Constantin Film.[2] The Germans used the screenplay to bring back Tony Kendall as Black Eagle from The Pirates of the Mississippi with his frequent film partner Brad Harris. Joining Harris was his future wife Olga Schoberová who appeared with Harris in Massacre at Marble City.

Cast

Reception

Black Eagle of Santa Fe is considered a contemporary homage to the Karl May film adaptations.[3]

References

  1. http://variety.com/1992/scene/people-news/ilse-lahn-waitzenkorn-101565/
  2. pp. 108-109 Lewis, C. Jack White Horse, Black Hat: A Quarter Century on Hollywood's Poverty Row Rowman & Littlefield, 1 Jan 2002
  3. "The Black Eagle of Santa Fe (Die Schwarzen Adler von Santa Fe)". spaghetti-western.net. Retrieved 2014-04-19. the film clearly follows the model of the Winnetou series

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