Tschetan, der Indianerjunge (1973)

The film is set in the mountains of Montana in 1880. German herdsman Jacob Precht has a flock of sheep there. He is called Alaska. Alaska is looking for a place where he and his flock can spend the winter. Rancher Johnson wants to drive the shepherd and his flock off this little patch of land. Johnson is holding Tschetan, a Native American boy suspected of cattle rustling, prisoner. He intends to hang the boy. Alaska rescues him and employs him as an assistant shepherd. But the taciturn boy resists the shepherd and does not follow his orders. Tschetan runs away and returns to his home village. There he discovers that the village has been ravaged and that all the inhabitants of the tent village lie dead in their tents. Alaska searches for the boy and finds him. But Tschetan is filled with hatred for all white people and tries to shoot Alaska. Only very slowly do they begin to trust each other, and eventually they fight together against Rancher Johnson. But Johnson is stronger, and the two flee together.