''Jaider, der einsame Jäger'' ("Jaider, the lonely hunter") is a 1971
Bavarian Western film
The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...
directed by
Volker Vogeler. It was entered into the
21st Berlin International Film Festival
The 21st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 26 June to 6 July 1971. The ''Young Filmmakers Forum'' (in 1987 renamed ''International Forum for New Cinema'') section was introduced at the festival.
The Golden Bear was awarded ...
.
It was the film debut of
Gottfried John
Gottfried John (; 29 August 1942 – 1 September 2014) was a German stage, screen, and voice actor. A longtime collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John appeared in nine of his films between 1975 and 1981, the year before Fassbinder's d ...
, and his screen presence was compared to
Clint Eastwood
Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western (genre), Western TV series ''Rawhide (TV series), Rawhide'', Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Ma ...
.
Cast
See also
* ''
Yankee Dudler'' (1973)
References
Bibliography
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1971 films
1971 drama films
1970s adventure drama films
1970s German-language films
1971 Western (genre) films
German adventure drama films
West German films
Films directed by Volker Vogeler
Films set in the 1870s
Films set in Bavaria
Films set in the Alps
1970s German films
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