{"product_id":"sons-of-great-bear-blu-ray","title":"Sons of Great Bear Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sons of Great Bear\u003c\/strong\u003e' Director: Josef Mach (1966) Eureka Masters of Cinema Limited Edition Blu-ray | 2K restoration | \u003cem\u003eGerman w\/ English subtitles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the mid-1960s, Westerns had become extremely popular in West Germany due to a series of films adapted from the novels of Karl May. In response, DEFA – the state-operated studio of East Germany or the GDR – made its own film set in the Old West\u003ci\u003e.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBut\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sons of Great Bear\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewasn’t just designed to compete with West German genre films – it was also intended as a pointed corrective to the American frontier myth, pitting its Native American protagonists against violent white settlers in a battle for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a young man, Tokei-Ihto - a Native American warrior belonging to a Dakota tribe - witnesses his father’s murder at the hands of a scout who suspects there is gold to be found on the Dakota lands. Later, Tokei-Ihto is forced to defend his people from the scout as he tries to take possession of the gold by any means necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdapted from Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich's book series of the same name,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sons of Great Bear\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003emade a star of Gojko Mitić and launched an entire series of Westerns at DEFA, known in East Germany as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndianerfilme\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand historically nicknamed “Red Westerns” due to their socialist politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited Edition contents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e- Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on The Sons of Great Bear and DEFA’s approach to the Western by Mariana Ivanova, Academic Director of the DEFA Film Library\u003cbr\u003e- O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork\u003cbr\u003e- Limited Edition of 2000 copies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial features include:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Audio commentary by Western scholar Jenny Barrett\u003cbr\u003e- Discussion of The Sons of Great Bear in a global context with Austin Fisher, author of \u003cem\u003eRadical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Video essay on the depiction of Native American life in \u003cem\u003eThe Sons of Great Bear\u003c\/em\u003e by Lee Broughton, author of The Euro-Western\u003cbr\u003e- Archival newsreel featuring a report on the making of DEFA’s first Western\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Film Shop IFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58415583756632,"sku":"qrp1788781012653","price":25.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/6542\/2424\/files\/sons-of-great-bear-blu-ray_1.jpg?v=1788781017","url":"https:\/\/bravena.shop\/products\/sons-of-great-bear-blu-ray","provider":"amberagni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}