Winnetou I

feature film, 1963.

DIRECTED BY: Harald Reinl

Winnetou I

CAST:
Lex Barker (Old Shatterhand),
Pierre Brice (Winnetou),
Marie Versini (Nscho-tschi),
Mario Adorf (Frederick Santer),
Walter Barnes (Bill Jones)

SCRIPT:
Harald G. Petersson (prema romanu Karla Maya)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Ernst W. Kalinke

Synopsis:
Even though Lex Barker starred as Old Shatterhand and Pierre Brice as Winnetou in the first film from this series, Treasure in Silver Lake (Der Schatz im Silbersee, 1962), it is only in this second installment of their tale that we learn how they met. It is the era of railroad building in the Wild West. The tracks are carefully planned so that they do not disturb the Indian settlements. Trying to avoid high costs and getting his hands on more gold, Frederick Santer decides to change the direction of the railroad to pass through an Indian village. Old Shatterhand discovers his plan and sets out to warn the Indians.

Program of westerns is part of project Return of Winnetou by Goethe-Institut Kroatien

35 mm, color, 101 min

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