50th Anniversary of premier of “Alleluia and Sartana, Sons of God”

 

Today marks the 50^th anniversary of the premier of “Alleluia and Sartana, Sons of God” directed by Mario Siciliano and starring Robert Widmark (Alberto Dell’Acqua), Ron Ely and Uschi Glas.  The film is about Alleluia (Ron Ely) and Sartana (Robert Widmark), two saddle bums, halt their travels to swindle the congregation of Reverend O’Connor (Enzo Andronico) including the wealthy widow Gibons (Uschi Glas), by posing as missionary priests. They discover the plans of ‘The Wolf’ (Alan Abbott) who is a land baron who is terrorizing the villagers by leading a gang of thugs dressed as ghosts. Alleluia and Sartana take pleasure in ruining his plans to take over the territory.

 

Alleluia e Sartana, figli di… Dio! – Italian title

100 Fäuste und ein Vaterunser – German title

Hundert Fauste und ein Halleluja – German title

Aleluia e Sartana – Brazilian title

Smělé incognito – Czechoslovakian title

Halleluja ja Sartana - pirun pikkuveljet – Finnish title

Paholaisen pyssymiehet – Finnish title

Alleuia et Sartana, fils de… - French title

Allilouia enantion trinita – Greek title

Aleluia e Sartana Reis do Gatilho – Portuguese title

Aleluya y Sartana les llamaban – Spanish title

Les llamaban Aleluya y Sartana – Spanish title

Hallelujah och Sartana - två mot alla – Swedish title

Haleluya - Sevimli kahraman – Turkish title

A Hundred Fists and a Prayer – U.K. title

Masquerade of Thieves – English title

Hallelujah and Sartana Strike Again! – U.S.A. title

Alleluia and Sartana, Sons of God – English title

 

A 1972 Italian, German film co-production [Metheus Film (Rome), Lisa Filmkunst

     (Munich]

Producer: Otto Retzer

Director: Mario Siciliano

Story: Mario Siciliano, Adriano Bolzoni, Kurt Nachmann

Screenplay: Adriano Bolzoni

Cinematography: Gino Santini [Technicolor, Techniscope]

Music: Elvio Monti, Franco Zauli

     Song: “Main Title” sung by Elvio Monti

Running time: 103 minutes

 

Cast:

Sartana - Robert Widmark (Alberto Dell’Acqua)

Alleulia /Hallelujah - Ron Ely (Ronald Pierce)

Mrs. Gibbons - Uschi Glas (Helge Glas)

Le Loup/‘The Wolf’ - Alan Abbott (Ezio Marano)

Gertrude - Wanda Vismara

Therese - Angelica Ott (Angelika Ots)

Hawkins - Stelio Candelli

‘The General’ - Dan May (Dante Maggio)

Le Loup/’The Wolf’) - Alan Abbott (Ezio Marano)

Danish - Lars Bloch

Sterling - Renzo Peverello

Albert Benson - Rinaldo Zamperla

Bullock - Giulio Massimini

Jeremiah – Giovanni Sabbatini

Reverend O’Connor - Enzo Andronico

McGregor brother – Pietro Torrisi, Aldo Dell’Acqua

McGregor henchmen - Artemio Antonini, Clemente Ukmar, Franco Ukmar, Giovanni

     Ukmar, Giancarlo Ukmar

Saloon patron - Alfonso Giganti

‘The Wolf’s’ henchman - Giovanni Pazzafini, Domenico Maggio, Sergio Testori

Julia - Carla Mancini

Olson - Werner van Husen (Daniel van Husen)

Old man from Mountsville - Fury Man (Furio Meniconi)

Man in pie fight – Angelo Boscariol

Brawlers – Roberto Dell’Acqua, Osiride Pevarello, Salvatore Billa

With: Giovanni Sabbatini, Bruno Ukmar

Stunt coordinator: Rinaldo Zamperla