The end of the 19th century. In a run-down village somewhere in the South, the dictatorial feudal lord Philipp mercilessly exploits the people. Under the command of the power-hungry Ligo, a private army of murderers and overseers secures the control of the merciless tyrant. Whoever rebels is shot immediately.
Philipp’s son Carlos wants to end his father’s reign of terror. And so, with the help of a group of revolutionaries he tries to win over the workers and farmers who are paying their blood tithes without resistance.
In the end, however, Carlos’s own ambition leads to the failure of his plans….
CAST:
Carlos: Gottfried John
Philipp: Bernhard Wicki
Lisa: Geraldine Chaplin
Clara: Anna Karina
Pedro: Thomas Hunter
Ligo: Horst Frank
Domingo: Shaike Ophir
Roswitha: Lorenza Colville
Tassos: Ruven Steffer
Enrico: Sabi Dor
Mario: Yossi Shiloah
Col: Leon Charney
Monk: Shmuel Wolff
1st Saloongirl: Mona Silberstein
2nd Saloongirl: Channa Neemann
and Beatrice Shimshoni, Micha Scharfenstein, Avraham Heffner, Ebba Kaiser, Peter Collins, Raphi Nelson, Ramy Jacob
CREW:
Director: Hans W. Geißendörfer
Screenplay: Hans W. Geißendörfer, an interpretation of Schillers “Don Carlos”
Associate producer: Gunther Witte
Set design: Hans Gailling
Director of photography: Robert Müller
Music: Ernst Brandner
