Chrysanthemums for a Bunch of Swine / Crisantemi per un branco di carogne (Sergio Pastore, 1967)

Swine is one of those animal words in English that is both singular and plural. Sheep, deer, fish etc.

Didn’t know that. Very fishy.

At least the soundtrack is available. Does anyone have it?

A different German title for Chrysanthemums? ???

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I’m sure this title is wrong.
According to my informations it wasn’t released in Germany. A similar German title exists for Take a Hard Ride. Only that the Dollars are used for that in the plural.

The documentation is lacking, but giving due attention to posters and lobby cards I was able to integrate the cast with four new actors (Dino Strano [this time credited as Dean Strano, together with Lorenzon in the image below], Tony Bland, Roman Magnino and Sergio Serghey) and especially to establish with certainty that the film was released in 1967 and not in 68 as it was believed.

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The vocals give some additional information about the plot; so we learn that the stinkers are seven and led by a Mexican. The protagonist, a doctor and a monk join the bunch of swine gradually. In one scene the sheriff ends up buried up to his neck as Garko in $10,000 Blood Money or John Phillip Law in Death Rides a Horse, and there is a very unusual and bizarre narrative element that seems to be of some importance, the disappearance of the gang leader’s hand-held fan!

Finally, a few images!

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Some more…

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We only need to see the film now :smiley:

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This character looks interesting! 8)

3 out of the 8 images include a barroom brawl - hopefully, should it ever emerge, that won’t be representative of the film’s content… :stuck_out_tongue: :wink:

Lovely pastel colors. :slight_smile:

Amazing! Where did you find them?

They are for sale on the Italian ebay. Been there a while as I think I stumbled upon them at least a couple of months ago :slight_smile:

http://www.ebay.it/itm/M2-FOTOBUSTA-ORIGINALE-CRISANTEMI-PER-UN-BRANCO-DI-CAROGNE-PURDOM-MANERA-1-/201373433278?hash=item2ee2cabdbe

Yeah, just this morning I found the images (8 lobby cards = complete set) on Google and quickly corrected them.

Well somebody had to do it. I purchased the Chrysanthemums-material. A couple of ones not shown above are:

Locandina + Soggetone (1-sheet) + 2-sheet:

They can all be seen here in better resolutions and including the 8 fotobuste:

http://spaghetti.tangora.net/page5.aspx?recordid5=66667

Thanks, the Soggettone on the right is very interesting, I never saw it before!

I noticed that the the best known poster appears in the 38 minute documentary from 1968 Western, Italian Style.

Poster size
Locandina / Playbill Approximately cm. 33x70 (inches 13x27)
Fotobusta / Lobby card Approximately cm. 50x70 (inches 19x27)
Soggettone / 1F (un foglio) / 1SH (one sheet) Approximately cm. 70x100 (inches 27x39)
2F (due fogli) / 2SH (two sheets) Approximately cm. 100x140 (inches 39x55)
4F (quattro fogli) / 4SH (four sheets) Approximately cm. 140x200 (inches 55x79)

Will have to check that one out. Does the poster in the documentary have a different motive than the 2-sheet shown above? A 4-sheet probably exists and that could well have a different motive.

Those 4-sheet Italian posters are not be taken lightly by the way. They take up a whole living room almost :slight_smile: I’ve got one 6-sheet (140x300 cm) Italian poster in my collection for an Italian sex-comedy and boy that is almost totally unmanageable.

Nobody’s seen it, nobody can get a copy… this is the Spaghetti Western Database, dammit! If the cineasts here can’t find it, it’s gone.

Sooo…

We could just make it. Make it, stick it out there, and we’d stitch ourselves irrevocably into the fabric of Spaghetti Western History.

Don’t say no straightaway, just chew on it awhile. Roll it around the palate. Savour it.

I may be several Boddington’s over the usual line and giddy from the sweet nectar of a West Ham victory over truly world class opposition (again), but it’s not outside the realms of feasibility.

Regarder:
List Your Favourite Spag Actors: Clint Eastwood, Gianni Garko, Rev Danite, Tomas Milian, Lee Van Cleef, Scherpschutter, Franco Nero, Stanton, Giuliano Gemma, ENNIOO, Terence Hill, Mickey…

Tempting when you say the names out loud, isn’t it?

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This is an idea that I find to be rather… deviant :wink: Perhaps the lack of existence of a print is a sign from the Spaghetti gods for us to embark on a project in the vein of Shoot in Any Direction and You’ll Hit a Bastard?

[quote=“last.caress, post:26, topic:2298”]Nobody’s seen it, nobody can get a copy… this is the Spaghetti Western Database, dammit! If the cineasts here can’t find it, it’s gone.

Sooo…

We could just make it. Make it, stick it out there, and we’d stitch ourselves irrevocably into the fabric of Spaghetti Western History.[/quote]

Jus’ say the word El Caressimo, and this loyal subject will be yours to command on this. Of course I only really answer to the good Lord, but for a few dollars, a supply of cider a couple of dancing girls I can temporarily switch allegiance. :slight_smile:

Of course, first’ve all we’d have to flesh out that (very brief) synopsis in the database…
“A bandit kidnaps the belle of a village and hides with her and his gang in a monastery. The priest refuses to marry them, and then chases the gang after they have left.”
Not a lot to go on.

We know Edmund Purdon is the bum-chinned priest, and Livio Lorenzon looks all mexican-bandito-y (oh joy - I’m seeing Texas Addio over-the-top stuff here) 8) :slight_smile: , but what’s that be-robed character (on them lobby-cards)'s part in all this, with his Django-ed-up hands?
He they all are again on another poster I found (sold) on Italian ebay…