Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
An aging Sioux leader’s family struggles to prevent a gold rush and a colonial conspiracy from turning treaty disputes over the Black Hills into war.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- earnest
- somber
- western marathon
- historical drama night
What critics said
Critics viewed the sequel as a commercially motivated and disappointing continuation with Richard Harris largely sidelined.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Black Hills gold rush threatens land guaranteed to the Sioux by the Laramie Treaty, while provocateurs engineer violence to provoke war.
Koda and Redwing devise a strategy to keep the Black Hills under Sioux control and protect their spiritual significance.
White provocateurs murder people and make the killings appear to be the work of Indians in order to trigger military conflict.
John Morgan has lived for three decades as the Sioux leader known as Man Called Horse.
Films like Triumphs of a Man Called Horse, and why
A Man Called Horse
shared western setting, indigenous sovereignty conflict, and anti-colonial themes
The Return of a Man Called Horse
shared frontier conflict, Native American cultural setting, and historical western drama
Broken Arrow
shared western genre, treaty violations, settler expansion, and tragic cross-cultural conflict
The Last of the Mohicans
shared historical western setting and critique of violent settler encroachment on Native lands
Movie Details
- Director
- John Hough
- Release Date
- 1983-01-01
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (26)
Cast
- Richard Harris
- Michael Beck
- Ana De Sade
- Vaughn Armstrong
- Anne Seymour
- Buck Taylor
- Lautaro Murúa
- Simón Andreu
- Roger Cudney
- Jerry Gatlin
Common questions
- What is Triumphs of a Man Called Horse about?
- An aging Sioux leader’s family struggles to prevent a gold rush and a colonial conspiracy from turning treaty disputes over the Black Hills into war.
- What is Triumphs of a Man Called Horse like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Triumphs of a Man Called Horse as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Triumphs of a Man Called Horse violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Triumphs of a Man Called Horse as moderate.
- What did critics think of Triumphs of a Man Called Horse?
- Critics viewed the sequel as a commercially motivated and disappointing continuation with Richard Harris largely sidelined.
- Which films are like Triumphs of a Man Called Horse?
- Films with a similar feel include A Man Called Horse, The Return of a Man Called Horse, Broken Arrow, and The Last of the Mohicans.
- How long is Triumphs of a Man Called Horse?
- Triumphs of a Man Called Horse runs 86 minutes.
