Masters of Cinema #257
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| Tags: | Bounty Hunters Outlaws |
Sergio Corbucci’s The Great Silence (1968) is a bleak Spaghetti Western set in a snowbound frontier town where mute gunslinger Silence faces off against ruthless bounty hunters led by Klaus Kinski. With its frozen landscapes, antihero tone, and famously tragic ending, it remains one of the most influential and uncompromising Westerns ever made.
Eureka - Masters of Cinema
On an unforgiving, snow-swept frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco (Klaus Kinski) prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills. Only a mute gunslinger named Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant) stands between the innocent refugees and the corrupt killers. But, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right and wrong are not always clear, and good does not always triumph.
Featuring superb photography and a haunting score from maestro Ennio Morricone, director Sergio Corbucci’s bleak, brilliant and violent vision of an immoral, honour-less West, is widely considered to be among the best and most influential Westerns ever made. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Sergio Corbucci’s masterpiece, The Great Silence, on Blu-ray from a 2K restoration.
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A mute gunfighter defends a young widow and a group of outlaws against a gang of bounty killers in the winter of 1898, and a grim, tense struggle unfolds.
| Label | Eureka Masters of Cinema |
| Distributor | Eureka |
| Inspelningsår | 1968 |
| Regissör | Sergio Corbucci |
| imdb-rating | 7.7 |
| Längd | 1h 45m |
| Cast | Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Frank Wolff |