Winnetou - 1. Teil

"An Adventure as Vast as the Wild Land That Spawned It!"

May 1 1965 N/A 1h 41m
Adventure, Western

The construction of the Great Western Railroad creates heavy conflict between the railway company and neighboring Indian tribes. Worse, criminal gang leader Santer sets his eyes on a gold mine located on holy Indian land and influences the construction supervisor to re-rout the planned railroad straight through Apache land. Old Shatterhand, who works as a measurement technician, discovers the evil plan and searches contact with the Apaches in an effort to avert war.

Plot

The construction of the Great Western Railroad creates heavy conflict between the railway company and neighboring Indian tribes. Worse, criminal gang leader Santer sets his eyes on a gold mine located on holy Indian land and influences the construction supervisor to re-rout the planned railroad straight through Apache land. Old Shatterhand, who works as a measurement technician, discovers the evil plan and searches contact with the Apaches in an effort to avert war.

Written by

Karl May, Harald G. Petersson

Directed by

Harald Reinl

Cast

Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Marie Versini

Crew

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Production Countries

Yugoslavia, Italy, Germany

Production Companies

Rialto Film Preben-Philipsen, Jadran Film

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
4,791
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA