

Once Upon a Time in Indian Country
2017, German. Directed by İlker Çatak.
A wild genre mix between a boxer film, urban western, road movie and music video, set at end of the summer holidays in a drab neighborhood in the outskirts of Hamburg suburbia. Young boxing talent Mauser is preparing for a pivotal competition when his father kills his step-mother and flees. Trying to find his father, Mauser embarks on a journey through the world of music, psychedelia, violence, love and a biblical thunderstorm. And what is with the Native American? "Once upon a time in Indian country" is a story that radiates both, heat and poetry.
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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- Released
- 19 October 2017
- Original title
- Es war einmal Indianerland
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Max Reinhold, Nils Mohl
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Once Upon a Time in Indian Country runs 97 minutes (1h 37m).
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Which OTT platform is Once Upon a Time in Indian Country on?
Once Upon a Time in Indian Country isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 19 October 2017. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Once Upon a Time in Indian Country?
Once Upon a Time in Indian Country (2017) was directed by İlker Çatak and stars Leonard Scheicher, Johanna Polley, Emilia Schüle.