This dazzling work was released 54 years ago and left unnoticed, Michael Kane still finds one of the greatest roles of his career

The excellent success of the Shogun series, happily, discovered the author of a great writer and script for a very few known general public: James Clavel. We are particularly responsible for the excellent classical scripts of American cinema.

Black flight, in 1958, which will be the subject of David Cronenberg’s remake. John Sturgez’s great escape. Angels with tight fists that he also does; Classic Sidney Poiter’s filmography, released in 1967. Clavel was much more productive as the author of the script than the director: nearly three films at the clock.

In 1971 he wrote and presented a pure masterpiece that remains, 53 years after the release, still very little known: Lost Valley. If the film was transferred to the TV, though it was shot down, unfortunately, we were not the subject of DVD publication. Even less Blu-ray. In addition to the ancient VHS, published in 1991, the film, therefore, has been completely invisible to physical support since then. If you do not apply for imports.

30 years of war that puts Europe with fire and blood

The film happened in 1637, during a terrible thirty -year war, which lost Europe’s fire and blood, resisting the Protestants to Catholics. Vogel (Omar Sharif), an intelligent, former teacher, is trying to escape margins, hunger and plague. Crossing the forest, it occurs in a random Tyrol valley, which is clearly intact and miraculously sparing the horrors of war. But it is followed by a mercenary company that also enters the valley, led by their head, baptized “Captain” …

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Atheist, James Clowell, delivers this film a brilliant study of a religious quarrel (but not only) that puts it in bloody time and how the injury of this war in the film is on each character. He also made controversial on the subject and boycotted evangelical churches in the United States, as well as the Roman Catholic Church.

If the missing field was obviously a great success at the UK box office, it was a terrible failure in international cash registers, even more than $ 7 million. Severe injustice. Clavell will need years to recover until the 1980 shogun series finds success in the first name.

According to the characteristics of the captain, nihilist and atheist man, Michael Kane delivers a fabulous composition; One of the best of his huge career. Shot in Austrian Tyrol, which offers beautiful images that contradict the strength of his story, Lost Valley is also impregnated with one of the most beautiful musical types of the huge composer that was John Bar. Obviously, it is an absolute wonders.