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The American singer and actor Dean Reed stars in this adventure flick surrounded by charming Italian and Spanish actors."Los Corsarios" is certainly not a masterpiece but it offers some funny moments and characters though. The action scenes are decent and there are a lots of comic scenes which keep the spectator's interest till the end.

The story is undoubtedly neither clever nor convoluted: Isabella, the beautiful daughter of the viceroy of a Caribbean island is in danger after the death of her father. Her evil cousin wants the throne for himself and is determined to get rid of her. Luckily, a bunch of pirates, led by the handsome adventurer Alan Drake shipwreck at the island and help the young princess.

Although "Los Corsarios" has some flaws in the plot, it is a good way to spend 90 minutes if you like adventure comedies.In spite of the shallow characters,the actors are especially nice.Fans of Dean Reed will be glad to see him in his Italian period while he was starring in spaghetti-westerns and adventure films.The other male and female parts are also convincingly performed.

The famous American singer and actor Dean Reed stars in this decent spaghetti western.He plays the role of the sly and adventurous gun-slinger Slim Cobbert who is hired by the mayor of a small town on the Mexican boarder.Somebody has stolen a large sum of money from the local bank and Slim Cobbert has to find out the robbers.A Mexican guy helps him in the investigation.Meanwhile,Slim becomes the most desired man in town and is adored by the young ladies.

Although the plot isn't anything special, the film is worth seeing.It has a nice cast - Dean Reed is convincing as Slim Cobbert and the others do a good job as well.The score is very good and Dean Reed performs the song "God creates them,I kill them" as well.The film has lots of action and good dialogues.

"Dio li crea... Io li ammazzo!"/"God made them....I kill them" is highly recommendable for every spaghetti-western fan and especially for Dean Reed fans.

"Blutsbrüder" is one of the so called "Indianerfilme" which were produced in East Germany.These were westerns which differed from the American ones since they focused on the fate,the adventures and the sufferings of the Native Americans.The white men,on the contrary were mainly presented as mean,cruel and greedy.In other words,the American and the socialist westerns showed two different versions of the colonization of the USA.I don't know which were more accurate in terms of historicity,but the East German westerns were smashing hits in all countries behind the Iron Curtain.In all of the films the main part was played by the Serbian actor Gojko Mitic who became a real celebrity in the socialist countries.From 1966 to 1983 East Germany produced 12 "Indianerfilme".Some of them were really good,others were mediocre.I think that "Blutsbrüder" belongs to the good ones.

The main parts in the film are played by Gojko Mitic and Dean Reed - an American singer,actor and pacifist who made a successful career in the socialist bloc after he had starred in several Italian westerns.He plays the soldier Harmonika who takes part in a bloody massacre in an Indian village.The violence against the helpless women and children repulses him and he deserts from the army.After that he is captured by the Indians but gradually becomes a friend with the tribe and the brave warrior Harter Felsen,played by Gojko Mitic.They both fight against the iniquities of the white men...Yes,the plot reminds of Kevin Costner's "Dances with wolves" and that's really curious.

However,the plot is interesting and the characters are complex:each of the both men changes throughout the film and considers his ideals and convictions concerning such issues as peace,revenge and forgiveness.A nice romantic story is added to the nice scenario.The sceneries, which are actually shot in Romania,are impressive.The music score composed by Karl-Ernst Sasse is outstanding and Dean Reed writes and sings one of his well-known songs "Love your brother" for this film.He and Gojko Mitic make one of the best performances in their career.Without a doubt,"Blutsbrüder" is highly recommendable for all fans of adventure and western films and it is one of the best from the "Indianerfilme" sequence.