FILM CLUB: ZWEI GLORREICHE HALUNKEN (OV)

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FSK 16 | 179 minutes | Action | Italy 1966

Joe and Tuco have a very lucrative business: Tuco (Eli Wallach) has himself hanged for criminal offenses after Joe (Clint Eastwood) has turned him in and collected the bounty. And because it's hard to work with the dead, he shoots him free from the gallows again. Until one day something goes wrong...
The third film and climax of Sergio Leone's "Dollar Trilogy": Clint Eastwood rides through a grandiose western setting as the epitome of the nameless stranger and cool gunslinger. He only opens his mouth when he absolutely has to. But then every word he says carries a weight of meaning. Eli Wallach embodies a completely contrasting personality as the eternally chattering Mexican Taco. The final culmination of the Lonely Rider myth and at the same time his satire.
Bounty hunter Joe and outlaw Tuco have a joint venture: Joe delivers Tuco, collects the bounty and then shoots Tuco from a rope. One day the operation almost goes wrong and they part in a quarrel. However, a hidden treasure forces the intimate enemies back together, and together they have to fend off the pursuits of Colonel Sentenza, who also has his eye on the mammon. After numerous adventures, the three of them have a showdown in a village cemetery.
Third film and also the climax of Sergio Leone's "Dollar Trilogy". Clint Eastwood rides through a magnificent western setting as the epitome of the nameless stranger and cool gunslinger. He only opens his mouth when he absolutely has to, but then every word he says is heavy with meaning. Eli Wallach embodies a completely contrasting personality as the eternally chattering Mexican Tuco. The final culmination of the Lonely Rider myth and at the same time his satire.