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The Mercenary (1968)

Directed by Sergio Corbucci · Cinematography by Alejandro Ulloa

PG-13110 min58 frames

Western

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The Mercenary (1968) movie still: wide — A vast, dry field with a large contingent of soldiers mounted on horses. An early twentieth-century biplane…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: wide — A dry, grassy hillside features scattered dark boulders under a bright daytime sky. A lone figure on…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: wide — A sunny outdoor bullring features a stone corridor framing a lone costumed performer. The man wearing a…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: wide — A dry, rocky riverbed features a shallow stream cutting through the arid landscape. A man on a white horse…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: medium — A dimly lit interior space features rough-hewn wooden walls and blurred foreground obstructions. The man…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: closeup — A person in detailed clown makeup and a decorated hat stands outdoors. The subject looks directly…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: wide — A stone crucifix silhouette stands in the foreground of a ruined chapel archway. A man riding a horse…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: establishing — An arid, rocky desert landscape stretches toward rugged mountain peaks in the distance. Sparse dry…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: medium — A man stands on an ornate white balcony under a clear blue sky. Dense, vertical wooden poles in the…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: wide — A horse-drawn wagon stands on a dirt path between two high, eroded rocky cliffs. The back of the black…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: fullbody — A woman stands under a clear blue sky in an arid, rocky desert landscape. She smiles broadly while…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: fullbody — A weathered plaster wall shows bullet impact pockmarks and crumbling stucco at the base. Two men stand…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: medium — An indoor room features dark wooden panels and red decorative accents on the walls. A man in a suit sits…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: wide — A wide canyon landscape with rocky terrain, sparse dry vegetation, and a cloudless sky. Two figures riding…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: closeup — A man wearing clown makeup and a sombrero looks upward against a clear sky. He wears a red foam nose and…The Mercenary (1968) movie still: wide — A rugged landscape filled with large, weathered stone formations under a clear sky. A man on horseback…
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The Mercenary — official trailer

What is The Mercenary about?

While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's treasures, which Kowalski revels in.

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What does the cinematography of The Mercenary look like?

Sampled across 58 frames, the coverage of The Mercenary leans on medium shots (36% of the sample) and wide compositions (34%). The camera returns again and again to low angles. Cinematographer Alejandro Ulloa keeps 81% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 84% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 55% of the frames.

What is the color palette of The Mercenary?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Mercenary (1968) are #37312d, #55524d, #d2cbb3, #938a77, #aca691, #d7d3cf — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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