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Compañeros

Compañeros

Compañeros

Compañeros

Fate brought them together, greed made them inseparable, and violence made them Compañeros!

1970•2h 0m•

★6.5(114 ratings)

Western

Overview

Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former business partner of Yolaf's- John 'The Wooden Hand', has other ideas.

Director

Sergio Corbucci

Writers

Sergio Corbucci, Massimo De Rita, Fritz Ebert, Dino Maiuri

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Main Cast

Franco Nero

Franco Nero

Yodlaf Peterson

Tomas Milian

Tomas Milian

El Vasco

Jack Palance

Jack Palance

John

Fernando Rey

Fernando Rey

Prof. Xantos

Iris Berben

Iris Berben

Lola

José Bódalo

José Bódalo

General Mongo Alvarez

Karin Schubert

Karin Schubert

Zaire Harris

Eduardo Fajardo

Eduardo Fajardo

Colonel

Gino Pernice

Gino Pernice

Tourneur

Tito García

Tito García

Tiger

Gérard Tichy

Gérard Tichy

Lieutenant

Lorenzo Robledo

Lorenzo Robledo

Captain Jim

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Sergio Corbucci
Assistant Director: Sabatino Ciuffini
Assistant Director: Ricardo Huertas
Assistant Director: Manfred R. Köhler

Writing

Screenplay: Sergio Corbucci
Screenplay: Massimo De Rita
Screenplay: Fritz Ebert
Story: Sergio Corbucci
Dialogue: José Frade
Screenplay: Dino Maiuri

Production

Associate Producer: Stan Atkins
Co-Producer: José Frade
Executive Producer: Stan Gelt
Executive Producer: Antonio Morelli

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: Ennio Morricone
Sound Effects Editor: Italo Cameracanna
Foley Artist: Italo Cameracanna
Sound Engineer: Antonio Forrest

Cinematography

Camera Operator: Giovanni Bergamini
Director of Photography: Alejandro Ulloa

Editing

Editor: Eugenio Alabiso

Art Direction

Production Design: Adolfo Cofiño

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Design: Jürgen Henze
Makeup Artist: Giuseppe Capogrosso
Wardrobe Assistant: Osanna Guardini

Keywords

marriagecointrainbuddynoosehawkpacifistspaghetti westernepic battle

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Did You Know?

#1

The film's tagline is: "Fate brought them together, greed made them inseparable, and violence made them Compañeros!"

#2

The original title is "Vamos a matar, compañeros" (IT).

#3

The film features dialogue in 4 languages: German, Italian, English, Spanish.

#4

It was a co-production between: Italy, Germany, Spain.

#5

The film was directed by Sergio Corbucci.

#6

The screenplay was written by Sergio Corbucci and Massimo De Rita.

#7

The score was composed by Ennio Morricone.

#8

Cinematography was handled by Alejandro Ulloa.

#9

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0066612.

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Rating

6.5/10

Good

114 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Vamos a matar, compañeros

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

18

Language:

Deutsch, Italiano, English, Español

Country of Origin:

Italy, Germany, Spain

Production Companies:

Tritone Cinematografica

Atlántida Films

Terra-Filmkunst