THE VALLEY OF THE DANCING WIDOWS

Das tal der tanzenden Witwen – German title

Das tal de Witwen – German title

Valley of the Widows – Finnish title

El valle de las viudas – Spanish title

Valley of the Dancing Widows – English title

 

A 1974 West German, Spanish co-production [Albatros Production, Maran (Munich), Luis Magino

Maran Film (Madrid)]

Producers: Michael Fengler, Luis Megino

Director: Volker Vogeler

Story: Volker Vogeler

Screenplay: Volker Vogeler

Cinematography: Fernando Arribas (Fernando Campa) [Eastmancolor]

Music: Carmelo A. Bernaola (Carmelo Alonso Bernaola)

Running time: 93 minutes

 

Cast:

Bogden Witkow – Harry Baer (Harald Zöttl)

Crazy Butch – Tilo Prückner

Scarlett O’Hara – Judith Stephen

Julia Littek – Léonie Thelen

Robert Breidlinger – Chris Huerta (Crisanto Brieva)

Soldier – Hugo Blanco (Hugo Galiasso)

Townsmen – Fernando Villena, Luis Induni (Luigi Radici), David Thompson (David Thomson)

Townswomen – Audrey Allen, Agata Lys (Margarita Sansegundo), Jeannine Mestre (Jeannine Alexander), Monserrat Julio (Monserrat Nonell), Lone Fleming (Lone Ferck), Maria Vico (Maria Villardo), Elsa Zabala

With: George Rigaud (Pedro Delissetche), Eduardo Fajardo, Daniel Martin (José Martínez), Ricardo Palacios (Ricardo Diez), Anita Ekberg (Kerstin Ekberg) [scenes deleted]

 

A group of washed-up soldiers return from the Civil War to their Texas hometown, where they will no longer be tolerated because of their unsuitability to the newly independent women. The failed partnership ends with poison murder and escape. An exception is a young woman who out of love leaves the village of women.