RIP Anatoli Yabbarov

Russian theater and film actor Soviet Anatoly Yabbarov, known for the film "Gentlemen of Fortune", died at the age of 86. Anatoly Akhmdovitch Yabbarov was born on August 24, 1937. Since 1996 he has worked at the State Theatre of Film Actor. In the same year he received the title of Honored Artist of Russia. The actor also starred in the film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment in 1969, the series Furtseva (2011). Anatoli appeared as Groboshchik in 1973’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”.

RIP Rainer Erler

 

German director Rainer Erler died in his adopted home in Perth, Australia. He was 90. Born Horst Rainer Erler the writer, director and producer was born in Munich, Germany on August 26, 1933. Erler is credited as the best maker of Dutch science-fiction films for Kino and for Fearnsehn, an as the director of that science-thriller, in that brisk commercial, political a wetland theme with plenty of excitement. Rainer was married to the co-producer of his films, Renate Erler. He also has two children with her, daughter Tatjana, and son Tobias. Erler was assistant director on the 1953 German western “Johnny Saves Nebrador” which starred Hans Albers.

Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Christoph Bayertt

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

 

Christoph Beyertt was a East German actor born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany on July 19, 1922. He appeared in 60 films and TV appearances between 1954 and 1983. He studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, Austria. Christoph. He’s remembered for his performances in “Les Misérables” (1958), “Das unsichtbare Visier” (1973) and “Der Dritte” (1972). He won several awards, including the German Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in “The Tin Drum”.

Christoph died in Berlin, Germany on October 14, 2021 a the age of 99.

His only Euro-western was as the mayor in 1974’s “Kit & Co.” starring Dean Reed. Here he was billed as Christoph Bayertt.

BAYERTT, Christoph (aka Christoph Beyert) (Christoph Beyertt) [7/19/1922, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany – 10/14/2021, Berlin, Berlin, Germany] – theater, film, TV actor.

Kit & Co. – 1974 (mayor)

New French DVD release “Strange Way of Life”

 

Strange Way of Life

(2023)

 

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal

 

Country: France

Label: Pathé

Region: 2

PAL

Aspect ratio: 2.40:1

Languages: DD 5.1 English

Subtitles: French

Running time: 27 minutes

ASIN: B0CBL1H95J

Release date: November 8, 2023

A new Spanish Blu-ray/DVD combo of “Buffalo Bill - El heroe del oeste”

 

“Buffalo Bill - El heroe del oeste”

(Buffalo Bill Hero of the Far West)

(1964)

 

Director: Mario Costa

Starring: Gordon Scott, Catherine Ribeiro, Jan Hendriks, Ingeborg Schöner, Mirko Ellis

 

Country: Spain

Label: Mon Inter (gray market)

Regions: BD-R

Widescreen

Aspect ratio: 16:9

Blu-ray and DVD

Languages, Spanish, English, Italian

Subtitles: English, Spanish

Running time: 99 minutes

ASIN: B0CL59C5M4

Release date: November 8, 2023

50th anniversary of the premier of “Another Try, Eh Providence?”

 

Today marks the 50^th anniversary of the opening of “Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza?” (Another Try, Eh Providence?” directed by Alberto Martino and starring Tomas Milian, Gregg Palmer and Carole André. It’s a sequel to “La vita, a volte, è molto dura, vero Provvidenza? “(They Call Me Providence) with Milian and Palmer reprising their same roles. This time Providence (Milian) falls in love with the Countess Pamela DeOrtega (Carole André) and plans on asking her father for her hand in marriage. The problem is she has already been promised a military captain, who the count owes a very large sum of money to. If Providence wants to win her hand, he must come up with a million dollars. With the help of his servant Chiao and his old partner the Hurricane Kid he tries various ways of accumulating the money: a rigged roulette wheel, swindling the inhabitants of a small town with a crooked bank scheme, and a gold heist. Every attempt falls short thanks to the ineptitude of the Hurricane Kid. In the end the count turns out to be a fake and a wanted criminal, Chan Ku, an old acquaintance of Providence, and the husband of the Countess.

The film brought in 1,068,676 lire and ranks 46 on the top Spaghetti westerns.

 

Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza? – Italian title

El bruto, el listo y el capitán – Spanish title

Otra vez, verdad, Providenza? – Spanish title

Tässä me tulemme - Finnish title

Nous en irons n'est ce pas Providence? – French title

Nous y reviola, n'est-ce pas, Providence? – French title

Vestens sprøeste par - Norwegian title

Här kommer vi – Swedish title

Here We Go Again, Eh Providence? – English title

Here We Are Again Providenza – English title

Another Try, Eh Providence? – English title

 

A 1973 Italian, Spanish film co-production [Oceania Produzioni Internationali

     Cinematografica/PEC (Rome), Producciones Cinematográficas D.I.A. (Madrid)]

Producers: Alfonso Donati, Luciano Catencci

Director: Alberto De Martino

Story: Castellano (Franco Castellano), Pipolo (Giuseppe Moccia)

Screenplay: Castellano (Franco Castellano), Pipolo (Giuseppe Moccia), Ramón Llidó

Cinematography: Alejandro Ulloa, Jr. [Eastmancolor, Cinemascope]

Music: Ennio Morricone, Bruno Nicolai

     Song: “Ci risiamo, vero Providenza?”  sung by I Cantori Moderni

Running time: 100 minutes

 

Cast:

Provvidenza/Providence - Tomas Milian (Tomás Milián)

The Hurricane Kid - Gregg Hunter (Palmer Lee)

Countess Pamela DeOrtega - Carole André (Carol Smith)

Count DeOrtega/Chin Yu Kin - Luciano Catenacci

Solon/Chiao - Yu Ming Lun

Captain Barton - Manuel Gallardo (Manuel Lechet)

Sergeant - Ángel Ortiz (Ricardo Ortiz)

Judge - Dante Maggio

Vito Escolone - Cesare Nizzica

Vito’s messenger - Luigi Antonio Guerra

Waitresses - Antonella Cocconcelli, Nadia Cocconcelli

Sharpshooter - Rick Boyd (Federico Boido)

Gorilla - Nello Pazzofini (Giovanni Pazzafini)

Restaurant patron - Margherita Horowitz (Margarete Horowitz)

Waiter - Gianni Brezza

Trading post proprietor – Ettore Geri

Indian chief - Rafael Albaicín (Ignacio-Rafael Escudero)

Hospital patient - Verano Ginesi (Voriano Ginesi)

Hospital nun – Carla Mancini

Captain O’Banion – Rosario Borelli

Soldiers - Goffredo Unger, Omero Capanna, Giulio Maculani

Bank client - Quinto Gambi, Marcello Meconizzi, Mike Monty (Michael O'Donahue)

Roulette player - Vezio Natili, Franz Colangeli

Casino bouncer - Giancarlo Bastianoni

casino roulette observer - Antonio Anelli

Ortega – Dante Cleri

Rifle salesman – Paolo Ferrari

Winchester lady – Edda Ferronao

Postmaster - Francesco D’Adda (Francesco Salvaterra)

Retired bandit - Alberigo Donadeo

Saloon patrons - Claudio Ruffini, Renzo Pevarello, Vincenzo Maggio, Alfonso Giganti,

     Artemio Antonini, Franz Colangeli, Maurizio Streccioni, Filippo Perego, Aldo Dell’

     Acqua

Dance hall employee – Giulio Maculani

Tuscon townsman - Mario Ingrassia

With: Claude Berthy, Giancarlo Grestini, Pietro Fumelli, Nando Martellini (Fernando Martellini), Domenico Cianfriglia, Giancarlo Crestini

Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ José Luis Baviera

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

José Luis Baviera Navarro was born in Valencia, Spain on August 17, 1906. He began his career as a doctor and later was a soldier stationed in the Spanish colonies in Africa rising to the rank of Captain. In 1940 he emigrated to Mexico along with other actors. He portrayed Pontius Pilate in four Mexican films: “Jesus of Nazareth” (1942), “Mary Magdalene” (1945), “Queen of Queens” (1945), and “The Martyr of Calvary” (1952) with Enrique Rambal.  José appeared in more than 190 films and television shows between 1924 and 1979. He starred in Luis Buñuel's 1962 film “The Exterminating Angel”. Baviera also did some film dubbing and was the Spanish voice of George J. Lewis in the 1957 Disney TV series ‘Zorro’ and the movie taken from the series “The Sign of the Fox” in 1958.

Baviera was married to actress Elena D'Orgaz (María Elena Delgado y Andrade) [1911-1947] from 1943 until her death in 1947 from peritonitis.

In 1981 he died of cardiac arrest in Mexico City at the age of 75.

Baviera appeared in two Euro-westerns; as Don Alvaro in 1965’s “Viva Maria!” directed by Louis Malle and starring Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau and in 1966’s “La guerrillera de Villa” (The Warriors of Pancho Villa) directed by Miguel Morayta and starring Carmen Sevilla, Julio Alemán and Vicente Parra.

BAVIERA, José (José Luis Baviera Navarro) [8/17/1906, Valencia, Valencia, Spain - 8/13/1981, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico] – director, writer, film, TV actor.

Viva Maria! – 1965 (Don Alvaro)

The Warriors of Pancho Villa – 1966