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The newsreel “The Eye-Witness” held this campaign from 1946 to 1948: short reports about children who list their parents during the confusion of war.
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The Sons Of Great Mother Bear
Original title: Die Söhne der großen Bärin
feature film - GDR, 1965, color, 98 min.
western from the east, adventure film, literature
Director Josef Mach
Producer DEFA Feature Film Studios
Script Josef Mach, Liselotte Weiskopf-Heinrich
Based Upon the adolecent novel with the same name by Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich
Camera Jaroslav Tuzar Music Wilhelm Neef
Stills Waltraut Pathenheimer Poster Art Segner
Cast
Gojko Mitic (Tokei-ihto), Jiri Vrstala (Red Fox), Rolf Römer (Tobias), Hans Hardt-Hardtloff (Major Smith), Gerhard Rachold (Leutnant Roach), Horst Jonischkan (Adams), Jozef Majercik (Tschetansapa), Hannjo Hasse (Pit), Helmut Schreiber (Ben), Karin Beewen (Cate), Ruth Kommerell (Tashina), Kati Székely (Uinonah), Horst Kube (Thomas), Henry Hübchen (Hapedah)
Voices
Karl Sturm (Tokei-ihto), Fred Düren (Red Fox), Ezard Haußmann (Tschetansapa)
Synopsis
Tokei-itho, the young war chief, sacrificially tries to protect the lands of the Dakota tribes from the white intruders. But the fight is hopeless. Driven by the unbearable living conditions, the Indians decide to flee from the reservation. A long journey towards Canada begins.