Paramount Pictures
Sometimes the greatest masterpieces emerge from projects that were originally not supposed to be realised. » Play me the song of death «, for example: After the great success of his «Dollar» trilogy, Sergio Leone really didn’t feel like dealing with the myth of the Wild West again and wanted to start working on his gangster drama as early as 1967. Chronicle » Once Upon a Time in America » begin. However, together with Bernardo Bertolucci, Dario Argento and finally Sergio Donati, he worked on a screenplay and gained new motivation.
Ultimately, the result was an epitome of iconic film history. «Play me the song of death», which will be broadcast on the night of June 1, 2022 at 12:20 a.m. on HR without commercial breaks, not only earned 5 out of 5 possible stars in the official FILMSTARTS review . For us, Sergio Leone’s milestone is also the best Western of all time — even ahead of «The Black Falcon», «The Wild Bunch» or «12 Noon»:
The best westerns of all time
You can’t see today’s TV date of «Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod», but you really want to see the ultra-classic? No problem! You can get the film on Blu-ray and DVD via Amazon or rent it from Amazon Prime Video. If you start a test period for the Prime Video Channel Filmlegenden, the film is even available for free on Amazon:
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That’s what «Play me the song of death» is about
It’s the last days of the Wild West. In a dusty desert town, the conflict over water control escalates and the unscrupulous railroad entrepreneur Mr. Morton ( Gabriele Ferzetti ) tries, with the help of an ice-cold killer ( Henry Fonda ), to win the merciless struggle for power and money by any means possible as quickly as possible. Track after track, Morton wants to force people into a new era.
Meanwhile, Jill ( Claudia Cardinale ) inherits the property of her brutally murdered husband. Mortan is trying to get his greasy hands on this piece of land as an important railroad base. However, a stranger ( Charles Bronson ) manages to bid on the property and returns it to the widow Jill. As a result, the stranger not only draws the wrath of Morton, but also of the killer Frank. A duel ensues, in which the past of the two men plays an important role…
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