Russia / Jul 23, 1973 / Moscow
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
The film takes place in 1850, Texas, United States. Louise, daughter of the wealthy plantation owner Poindexter, master of the hacienda Casa del Corvo, falls in love with a poor mustanger Maurice Gerald. The night their secret rendezvous happens, her brother Henry disappears. Suspicion in murder falls on Gerald, who was found covered in blood, with signs of struggle on the body and on Henry's cloak. One more minute, and an angry crowd would have Gerald lynched, but then the mysterious Headless Horseman appears...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Alfonso Godínez | Plato |
| Rolando Diaz Reyes | major |
| Aleksandr Milokostyj | Henry Poindexter |
| Platon Leslie | judge |
| Viktor Belovolskiy | |
| Vyktor Veselkyn | prosecutor |
| Andrey Vladimirov | Dick Melon |
| A. Efimov | |
| Vladimir Iontov | |
| Aleksandr Kosmachevsky | |
| I. Lezgishvili | defense attorney in court |
| V. Molodkin | |
| O. Popov | |
| Dmitry Setschkarev | |
| Ekaterina Kharkevich | |
| Aleksey Arabey | (uncredited) |
| Sergey Selenyuk | (uncredited) |
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| Farah María | (uncredited) |
| Semyon Stetsenko | (uncredited) |
| Evgeny Titov | (uncredited) |
| Abdujabor Turdiev | (uncredited) |
| Askold Lyasota | (uncredited) |
| Aleksey Konsovskiy | Cassius Calhoun (voice) (uncredited) |
| Eduard Izotov | Morris Gerald (voice) (uncredited) |
| Aleksandr Belyavskiy | El Koyot (voice) (uncredited) |
| Feliks Yavorsky | Poyndekster (voice) (uncredited) |
| Aleksey Zolotnitskiy | Henry Poindexter (voice) (uncredited) |
| Daniil Netrebin | Plato (voice) (uncredited) |
| Irina Kartashyova | Isidora Kovarubio De Los-L'yanos (voice) (uncredited) |
| Yuriy Bogolyubov | Zeb Stamp (voice) (uncredited) |
| Mikhail Pogorzhelsky | major / Dick Melon (voice) (uncredited) |
| Nikolai Aleksandrovich | judge (voice) (uncredited) |
| Artyom Karapetyan | prosecutor (voice) (uncredited) |
| Sergei Martinson | defense attorney in court (voice) (uncredited) |
Genres
RomanceAdventureWestern
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Всадник без головы |
| Original language | Pусский (RU) |
| Spoken languages | Pусский |
| Production countries | Cuba, Soviet Union |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Lenfilm, ICAIC |
| Release date | 25 luglio 1973 |
| Executive producer | Vladimir Tarasov |
| Writer | Pavel Finn, Vladimir Vaynshtok, Thomas Mayne Reid, Ya. Rokhlin, Pavel Grushko, Boris Hakhutin, Rolando Diaz Reyes |
| Editing | Ye. Sadovskaya, E. Shifrina |
| Cinematography | Konstantin Ryzhov, Yu. Pleshkin, A. Groshev |
| Assistant directors | Viktor Sergeev, F. Bekerman, V. Zhuravel, E. Kurtseitova, Vladimir Vaynshtok |
| Camera operators | Konstantin Ryzhov, Yu. Pleshkin, A. Groshev |
| Additional photography | Konstantin Ryzhov, Yu. Pleshkin, A. Groshev |
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| Production design | Grachya Mekinyan, Yakov Rivosh, Tamara Polyanskaya, Valeria Volynskaya |
| Art direction | Grachya Mekinyan, Yakov Rivosh, Tamara Polyanskaya, Valeria Volynskaya |
| Set decoration | Grachya Mekinyan, Yakov Rivosh, Tamara Polyanskaya, Valeria Volynskaya |
| Visual effects | G. Lukashov, Georgiy Vargin |
| Stunts | Abdujabor Turdiyev |
| Music | Nikita Bogoslovskiy, Yuri Temirkanov, G. Yanowsky, Tigran Silaev, Farah María |
| Sound | Yuri Temirkanov, Nikita Bogoslovskiy, G. Yanowsky, Tigran Silaev, Farah María |
| Costume design | Vasili Goryunov |
| Makeup | Vasili Goryunov |
| Hairstyling | Vasili Goryunov |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Russia / Jul 25, 1973
Romania / Mar 04, 1974
Hungary / Aug 29, 1974
Physical media
Russia / Apr 13, 2010 / DVD
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