Utu

1983

Utu is a 1983 New Zealand film directed and co-written by Geoff Murphy; starring Anzac Wallace as Te Wheke, a warrior who sets out to get vengeance after British forces kill his people, Bruno Lawrence and Kelly Johnson. Sometimes described as "a Maori Western", Utu was reputed to have one of the largest budgets for a New Zealand film up until that time.

The film screened out of competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival,[2] and became the second most successful local movie released in New Zealand to that date. Positive reviews in America, including a rave review from Pauline Kael, helped win Murphy directing work in Hollywood.

Partly inspired by events from Te Kooti's War, the film tells of a Māori soldier setting out to get utu, or vengeance, on his former allies after the British army destroys his home village and kills his uncle. The film is set in the 1870s.

In 2013, partly thanks to the longtime existence of an alternative cut of the film aimed at international audiences, which Geoff Murphy had never been happy with, he completed work on a restored and recut version. Utu Redux, as it is known, premiered at the Wellington International Film Festival on 26 July 2013.

Quelle: Wikipedia(englisch)
Kinostart:1982
weitere Titel:
Utu id en-ca en-gb
Il massacro dei Maori
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Utu (rolprent)af
Genre:Filmdrama
Herstellungsland:Neuseeland
Originalsprache:Englisch
Farbe:Farbe
IMDB: 1163
Regie:Geoff Murphy
Drehbuch:Geoff Murphy
Schnitt:Michael Horton
Musik:John Charles
Produzent:Geoff Murphy
Darsteller:Bruno Lawrence
Wi Kuki Kaa
Merata Mita
Martyn Sanderson
Anzac Wallace
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1986
Fantasporto
International Fantasy Film Award
Best Film
Nominiert
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