{"product_id":"eastern-trails-the-western-at-defa-limited-edition-blu-ray-eureka-region-b","title":"Eastern Trails - The Western At DEFA Limited Edition Blu-Ray Box Set with Slipcase (Eureka\/Region B) [Preorder]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreorder scheduled for release on September 21, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA close relation to the Spaghetti Western,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndianerfilme\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(later called “Red Westerns” due to their politics)\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewere some of the most popular genre movies produced by East Germany’s state-operated film studio, DEFA. Focusing on the struggles of indigenous tribes against European settlers, they disrupted the frontier myths central to the American Western and made a bonafide superstar of Gojko Mitić, whose appearances in a long line of action-packed Westerns for DEFA\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003emade him one of the most famous faces in Europe. Mitić stars in all four of the films presented here:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChingachgook the Great Serpent\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFatal Error\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eApaches\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBased on James Fenimore Cooper’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Deerslayer\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChingachgook the Great Serpent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003esees the eponymous Mohican set out to rescue his kidnapped bride-to-be (Andrea Drahota) with the help of a hunter known as Deerslayer (Rolf Römer). In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFatal Error\u003c\/i\u003e, Native Americans living at the foot of the Rocky Mountains come to regret doing business with the corrupt Wyoming Oil Company.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eApaches\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003efollows a young warrior as he sets out to avenge the massacre of his tribe at the hands of a ruthless mercenary (Milan Beli). Finally,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood Brothers\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003estars Dean Reed – an actor and singer-songwriter nicknamed the “Red Elvis” – as an American deserter who comes to fight alongside a Native American tribe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFollowing the enormous success of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sons of Great Bear\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ein 1966, East Germany’s series of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndianerfilme\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eremained popular for the next two decades, finding enthusiastic audiences throughout Central and Eastern Europe and even as far afield as Cuba. The Masters of Cinema series is thrilled to present a selection of DEFA’s “Red Westerns” on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul data-sku=\"EKA70641\" data-display=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimited Collector's Edition Box Set [2000 copies]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimited edition hardbound slipcase and interior packaging featuring new artwork by Colin Murdoch [2000 copies]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimited Edition 60-page collector’s book featuring part one of a new extended essay on the history of the DEFA Indianerfilme by Lee Broughton, author of The Euro-Western [2000 copies]\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll four films presented in 1080p HD from restorations by the DEFA Foundation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal German soundtracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptional English subtitles, newly translated for this release\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew audio commentary on Apaches by film historian Michael Brooke\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSinging Cowboy – new interview on Dean Reed and Blood Brothers with East German cinema expert Seán Allan, co-editor of Re-Imagining DEFA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOld West, New Perspective – new video essay on depictions of American history in DEFA’s Indianerfilme by Western scholar Jenny Barrett, author of Shooting the Civil War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArchival musical performance by Dean Reed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a UK Import. 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