Manitou's Shoe (2001)
"Der Schuh des Manitu" (original title)

Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Herbig

Writers:

Michael Herbig, Alfons Biedermann,

Stars:

Michael Herbig, Christian Tramitz, Sky du Mont

12 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Herbig	...	Abahachi / Winnetouch / Grauer Star (extended edition) (as Michael Bully Herbig)
Christian Tramitz	...	Ranger
Sky du Mont	...	Santa Maria (as Sky Du Mont)
Marie Bäumer	...	Uschi
Hilmi Sözer	...	Hombre
Rick Kavanian	...	Dimitri
Tim Wilde	...	John
Siegfried Terpoorten	...	Jim
Robinson Reichel	...	Joe
Oliver Wnuk	...	Jack
Irshad Panjatan	...	Häuptling Listiger Lurch
Tim Sikyea	...	Berater Schoschone #1
Robert Alan Packard	...	Berater Schoschone #2
Salvatore Pascale	...	Kleiner Schoschone
Antonio Ramirez	...	Falscher Hase

Storyline

Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to finance his tribe's new saloon. Unfortunately Santa Maria, who sold the saloon, betrays Abahachi, takes the money and leaves. Soon, the Shoshones are on the warpath to get their money back, and Abahachi is forced to organize it quickly. Luckily, he, his twin brother Winnetouch, beautiful dancer Uschi and the Greek Dimitri each own a quarter of a treasure map that leads them to 'the shoe of Manitu'. There, Santa Maria already awaits them to take their new treasure away as well. But he did not think about the determination of Abahachi's team.

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Plot Keywords:

apache | treasure map | twin brother | blood brother | spoof | 

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Taglines:

Die neue Komödie von Bully

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Genres:

Comedy | Western

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Details

Official Sites:

Constantin Film [de]

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

19 July 2001 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Manitou's Shoe

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

DEM 7,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$180,166 (Switzerland) (28 September 2001)

Gross:

$987,540 (Germany) (19 July 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

herbX Medienproduktion GmbH, Constantin Film Produktion, Seven Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min 100 min (re-release) 81 min (DVD edition) 92 min (extended)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film basically is a big spoof of the "Winnetou" films/novels by Karl May, which are very popular in Germany. The character Karl M. in the tavern is a reference to him.

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Goofs

In the tap dance sequence before starting to sing the Superperforator song, the scratch in the parquet that Sky Dumont makes in the main tap dance can already be seen.

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Quotes

Häuptling Listiger Lurch: [standing in front of the station] We're interested in your crazy horse.

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Crazy Credits

As the credits begin to roll, outtakes from the film are shown.

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Connections

Spoofs Apache Gold (1963)

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Soundtracks

"Is it you?"
Written by Dieter Holesch and Julia von Miller

User Reviews

The year's funniest movie

At first I was a little bit worried about a satire of Winnetou, a very good old german movie. But when I sat in cinema, I hardly could stop laughing. Director Michael Herbig succeed totally in making a good movie. At least I have to admit that the story does not play a great part, but this really does not matter. This is why "Der Shuh des Manitu" is the film with the most visitors. Even better than Harry Potter! Go and watch this great film!