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Release Date:
May 25, 1978
Original Title:
Scorticateli vivi
Alternate Titles:
Sie häuten sie lebend - Unternehmen Wildgänse
Wildgänse - Häutet sie lebend
Genres:
Action | Adventure
Production Companies:
Metheus Film
Production Countries:
Italy
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18
Runtime: 95
This rare Italian action adventure tells the story of a broke man called Rudy, who goes into the African jungle to join his half-brother Franz. Franz is leader of a mercenary group that fights against native rebels, but Rudy only wants some money from his next of kin (on one occasion, he says: "You know I can't stand violence"). But Franz, a racist who sees Africans merely as animals, just wants him to leave again immediately. Then, Franz gets abducted and imprisoned by the rebels. Rudy joins forces with the other mercenaries, who are as fascist as Franz and like to kill Africans and rape their wives. He does so to make a deal with Franz as soon as they have freed him, but the mercenaries get attacked on more than one occasion by the natives.
Assistant Camera:
Bruno Cascio
Assistant Director:
Giovan Battista Siciliano
Assistant Editor:
Roberto Colangeli
Camera Operator:
Edmondo Pisani
Director:
Mario Siciliano
Director of Photography:
Gino Santini
Editor:
Otello Colangeli
Makeup Artist:
Luciana Blengini
Music:
Stelvio Cipriani
Production Designer:
Amedeo Mellone
Production Manager:
Paolo Mercuri
Script Supervisor:
Ornella Cataldo
Seamstress:
Augusta Morelli
Second Unit Director:
Amedeo Mellone
Sound:
Giuseppe Rau
Still Photographer:
Ermanno Serto
Wardrobe Assistant:
Paola Quattrini
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