''Lover of the Great Bear'' ( it, L'amante dell'Orsa Maggiore, french: La ligne de feu, german: Nur der letzte kam durch, also known as ''The Smugglers'') is a 1971 Italian-French-German drama film directed by

Valentino Orsini Valentino Orsini (19 January 1927 in Pisa – 26 January 2001 in Cerveteri) was an Italian film director. After his first interests to arts (he had been sculptor, stage designer, cinema critic, cineclub animator) in his hometown, in 1954 Val ...

and starring

Giuliano Gemma Giuliano Gemma (2 September 1938 – 1 October 2013) was an Italian actor. He is best known internationally for his work in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly for his performances as the title character in Duccio Tessari's ''A Pistol for Ringo'' (1 ...

and Senta Berger. It is loosely based on the Polish novel ''Kochanek Wielkiej Niedźwiedzicy'' by Sergiusz Piasecki.

Plot

Cast

as Vladek * Senta Berger as Fela * Bruno Cremer as Saska * Francesca Romana Coluzzi as Berna *

Spiros Focás Spiros Focás ( el, Σπύρος Φωκάς; born 17 August 1937) is a Greek actor. Selected filmography * (1959) - Giannos * (1959) - Tasos Lygos * (1959) - Alekos * ''Death of a Friend'' (1959) - Bruno * (1960) - Lucio Massimo * ''Rocco a ...

as Alfred * Nicoletta Machiavelli as Leonia * Flavio Bucci * Peter Capell *

Alessandro Haber Alessandro Haber (born 19 January 1947) is an italian people, Italian actor, film director and singer. Haber was born in Bologna in a Italian Jews, Jewish family of mixed ancestry (his father was a Romanian Jew and his mother Italian) and spent ...

as Topo * Antonio Piovanelli as Ivan * Sybil Danning * Nazzareno Zamperla as Smuggler (uncredited)

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* 1971 crime drama films 1971 films Italian crime drama films French crime drama films West German films Films directed by Valentino Orsini Films based on Polish novels Films set in Poland Films set in the 1920s Films scored by Benedetto Ghiglia 1970s French films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-France-film-stub