Hans Staden Page #4

Synopsis: On the eve of his return to Europe after an extended involuntary stay in 16th-century Brazil, the German sailor Hans Staden is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe. In order to survive he tries to convince the Indians that he is not Portuguese (their enemies) but a friend of the French (their allies), and that his God would be very angry if they were to eat him.
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Year:
1999
92 min
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I won't do you

any harm either.

If they kill you,

I won't eat your flesh.

y our dream

was only a warning.

In my dream, I ate so much of

your flesh that I got sick.

If you don't eat human flesh,

you'll be out of harm's way.

Are you sure?

I'm sure.

y ou are not Portuguese.

Sheir God doesn't get

as angry as yours.

Let's play.

Let's play.

Come on!

So, you are still alive?

y es, Karuat-ara.

I'm alive.

Shanks to the good Lord.

y ou seem to be getting on

well with them.

I'm not Portuguese...

I'm from Hesse.

I was shipwrecked

with the Spaniards...

and ended up with

the Portuguese.

I was almost killed

because of you.

y ou aren't Portuguese, but

I thought that you were.

And we hang the lot of them.

Shey are our sworn enemies.

Shen tell the Indians.

S ell them that

I'm not Portuguese.

S ake me with you

to the French ships.

I was wrong the first time...

He is not Portuguese.

He is from the land

called Hesse.

Shey are friends

of the French.

What do you mean

by that?

He is a friend

of the French.

I want to take him

to our ships.

No, he can't leave here.

His father and brothers must

bring us many presents.

Mirrors, scissors, axes,

knives, combs.

We caught him in enemy

territory. He is ours.

S ake good care of him.

y ou must not kill him.

His brothers will come...

with a ship full of

provisions to get him.

He is your countryman...

What did Karuat-ara

give you?

He gave me nothing.

Why didn't he give you

a knife...

so that you could

give it to me?

Liar.

y es, liar!

Stop! Stop!

He's black.

He's black.

My God painted them black.

Why did he paint them?

For your people not

to see them at night.

Are you running away?

Kill me.

Where are you from?

From So Vicente...

I'm tired, master.

We will not harm you.

Follow this path

through the woods.

y ou will find

another path there.

Shank ya, master...

Shank ya.

If you shoot him,

my God will get angry.

Now he looks like

a Frenchman.

It's all the same.

Shey're like

the Portuguese.

It's all the same.

Shey're like

the Portuguese.

Are you French?

What's your name?

My name is Jac.

I'm a French Jew.

And you are

the Portuguese...

who was captured in Bertioga.

I have heard about you.

-I'm not Portuguese.

-Are you a S upinamb, then?

No, I'm from Hesse...

and I came with

the Spaniards.

I don't know who you are.

I don't care.

I can't do anything

for you.

S ake me to your ships.

Shese Indians

can kill me anytime.

Shere is nothing

I can do for you.

She S upinambs

are our allies.

y ou are their prisoner.

When can I count on you?

y ou never know.

Are you prepared to die?

y es, I'm well prepared.

But this rope is not long

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