A Bullet for the General

A Bullet for the General Es. Quin sabe?, also known by its international title El Chucho Quin Sabe?, is a 1966 Italian Zapata Western film directed by Damiano Damiani, written by Salvatore Laurani and Franco Solinas, and starring Gian Maria Volont, Lou Castel, Klaus Kinski and Martine Beswick. The film tells the story of El Chuncho, a bandit, and Bill Tate or El Nio, who is a counterrevolutionary in Mexico. Chuncho soon learns that social revolution is more important than mere money. This is one of the more famous Zapata Westerns, a subgenre of the spaghetti western which deals with the radicalizing of bad men and bandits into revolutionaries when they are confronted with injustice. Others in this subgenre include Compaeros, The Mercenary and perhaps most famously Duck, You Sucker

The two Mexican brothers Chuncho and Santo and their mutual USAmerican friend Bill support the revolution in Mexico by delivering stolen guns to a rebel leader. Their mutual contempt for the current government unites the three men, but Chuncho only strives for maximum profit, whereas Santo is driven by political idealism. In the course of action their motives prove being incompatible. The brothers split up and then even oppose each other. Bill has to choose sides.Damianos film has been called a serious statement about the Mexican Revolution and has been recognised as an accomplished blend of tension, action, politics and history. ........

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