Half-Breed (1966)
"Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi" (original title)

Director:

Harald Philipp

Writers:

Karl May (novel), Fred Denger

Stars:

Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Götz George

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Lex Barker	...	Old Shatterhand
Pierre Brice	...	Winnetou
Götz George	...	Jeff Brown
Uschi Glas	...	Apanatschi (as Ursula Glas)
Walter Barnes	...	Mac Haller
Ralf Wolter	...	Sam Hawkens
Miha Baloh	...	Judge (as Mihail Baloh)
Marija Crnobori	...	Mine-Yota
Ilija Dzuvalekovski	...	Curly-Bill (as Ilija Djuvalekovski)
Marinko Cosic	...	Happy
Petar Dobric	...	Sloan
Vladimir Leib	...	Pincky
Abdurrahman Shala	...	Hank (as Abdurahman Salja)
Nada Kasapic	...	Bessie
Giancarlo Bastianoni

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

shot to death | stabbed to death | run out of town | falling from height | native american | 

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Genres:

Western | Adventure

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

West Germany Italy Yugoslavia

Language:

German

Release Date:

1 June 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

Half-Breed

Filming Locations:

Tulove Grede Mountain, Croatia

Box Office

Budget:

DEM 3,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jadran Film, Rialto Film Preben-Philipsen

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Uschi Glas' first leading role and her breakthrough in Germany. Due to her Bavarian accent, she was dubbed by Marion Hartmann in the German language version.

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Connections

Follows Frontier Hellcat (1964)

User Reviews

Replaying the same roles with few new ideas

Nice opening sequence: Winnetou rides onto the screen with dramatic music and soon rescues a young boy who is attacked by an eagle. Regrettably, the initial energy is not kept up at the same level. The movie tells the story of Apanatschi (young Uschi Glas) and her little brother Happy who need protection by Winnetou (Pierre Brice) and Old Shatterhand (Lex Barker) because they know where a gold mine is. Bandits with their leader Curly Bill want to know, too - and they stop at nothing and even killed Apanatschi's father.

After the classic „Silver Lake", the larger-than-life Winnetou trilogy and the three easy-going movies starring Stewart Granger, „Half-Breed" feels a bit tired to me. Lex Barker and Pierre Brice replay their famous roles, but there are hardly new ideas. More violent action, less feeling, could be the summary of my impressions.