Schut, Der (1964)

Director:

Robert Siodmak

Writers:

Georg Marischka (writer)
Karl May (novel)

Release Date:

20 August 1964 (West Germany)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

When a villain named "the Shoot" terrorizes the constituents of Albanian country, which he rules. Heroic Kara Ben Nemsi (Lex Barker), and his sidekick are the only ones who can stop him

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Lex Barker	...	Kara Ben Nemsi
Marie Versini	...	Tschita
Ralf Wolter	...	Hadschi Halef Omar
Rik Battaglia	...	The Schut Nirwan
Dieter Borsche	...	Sir David Lindsay
Chris Howland	...	Archibald
Marianne Hold	...	Annette Galingré
Friedrich von Ledebur	...	Mübarek
Dusan Janicijevic	...	Omar Ben Sadek
Renato Baldini	...	Barud
Jovan-Burdus Janicijevic	...	Manach
Nikola Popovic	...	Imer
Eva Ras	...	Nebatja
Zivojin Denic	...	Aladschy Sandar
Pierre Fromont	...	Henry Galingré

Also Known As:

Au pays de Skipetars (France)
Au pays des Skipétars (France)
Carabina per Schut, Una (Italy)
Schut, Der - Durch das Land der Skipetaren (West Germany) (long title)
Sut (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
The Shoot (USA) (video title)
Yellow Devil (USA)

Runtime:

118 min | Germany:107 min

Country:

West Germany | France | Italy | Yugoslavia

Language:

German

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf)

Filming Locations:

Beli Drim river, Kosovo, Serbia

Company:

Avala Film

Movie Connections:

Featured in Freispruch für Old Shatterhand (1965) (TV)

Solid action and a good sense of humor

The Schut (Rik Battaglia) seems to be a king of the bandits; he controls the land in the disguise of the rich Merchant Nirwan. The corrupt police force does not take any action against him. The Schut holds an English aristocrat and a French merchant for a ransom, then he also abducts the beautiful Tschita (Marie Versini). Kara Ben Nemsi (Lex Barker) tries to find the Schut's hiding-place in the mountains and free the prisoners. But the Schut has many rogues and assassins under his command who make this search long and dangerous.

Hollywood director Robert Siodmak, famous for the Burt Lancaster classics "The Crimson Pirate" and "The Killers", directed this picture on location in Yugoslavia. Despite his experience, some fights are not convincing (e.g. Kara holding the weight of both Aladschy brothers on a rope!) and the low budget is occasionally revealed, but nevertheless "Der Schut" is the best movie from the oriental branch of the May series in the 1960s. Solid action and a good sense of humor carried by Dieter Borsche (as Lord Lindsay) and Chris Howland (butler Archie) as well as Ralf Wolter (in the role of Kara's sidekick Halef) fit well together, recommendable!