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Winnetou (1963)

Winnetou - 1. Teil (original title)
| Western, Adventure | 1 May 1965 (USA)
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When violent conflict breaks out between greedy railroaders and a tribe of Mescalero Apaches, only two men, destined to be blood brothers, can prevent all-out war: chief's son Winnetou and German engineer Old Shatterhand.

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Winnetou: The Red Gentleman (1964)
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Forester, a ruthless oil baron, wants to create a war between the native American tribes and the white men. Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and their sidekick Castlepool try to prevent this.

Director: Harald Reinl
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Winnetou: The Last Shot (1965)
Action | Adventure | Western
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Rollins' gang wants to grab land by inciting the settlers in a war against the Indians but Winnetou and Old Shatterhand try to keep the peace, until Rollins frames Winnetou up for the murder of Jicarilla Chief's son.

Director: Harald Reinl
Stars: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Rik Battaglia
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The Treasure of the Silver Lake (1962)
Western | Adventure
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In their first cinematic adventure, Apache chief Winnetou and mountain man Old Shatterhand pursue a gang of murderous outlaws who will stop at nothing to find the legendary treasure of Silver Lake.

Director: Harald Reinl
Stars: Pierre Brice, Lex Barker, Herbert Lom
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Amongst Vultures (1964)
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Outlaws disguised as Indians commit crimes against settlers but Winnetou and Old Surehand are determined to unmask the bandits and keep the peace between settlers and Indians.

Director: Alfred Vohrer
Stars: Pierre Brice, Götz George, Elke Sommer
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Old Shatterhand (1964)
Western | Adventure
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Renegades trying to get the army to abandon their fort get the Indians addicted to whiskey, then convince them to attack and drive out the soldiers.

Director: Hugo Fregonese
Stars: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Daliah Lavi
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Winnetou and the Crossbreed (1966)
Western | Adventure
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On her b-day, settler's daughter Apanatschi receives her father's secret gold mine but greedy neighboring prospectors resort to murder and kidnapping in order to get the gold, forcing the girl and her brother to seek Winnetou's protection.

Director: Harald Philipp
Stars: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Götz George
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The Valley of Death (1968)
Western | Adventure
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An army gold shipment and its escort vanish in the Ozarks, prompting accusations of theft and desertion but frontiersman Old Shatterhand and Apache chief Winnetou help solve the mystery of the missing army gold.

Director: Harald Reinl
Stars: Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Rik Battaglia
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Old Surehand (1965)
Adventure | Western
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Old Surehand and Old Wabble are trailing a killer, but on the way they also intervene in a dispute between the Comanche and the settlers.

Director: Alfred Vohrer
Stars: Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice, Larry Pennell
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The Oil Prince (1965)
Western | Adventure
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Apache Chief Winnetou and scout Old Surehand team-up to assist a wagon-train of settlers who are threatened by the machinations of an unscrupulous crook known as the Oil Prince.

Director: Harald Philipp
Stars: Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice, Harald Leipnitz
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Winnetou und sein Freund Old Firehand (1966)
Western | Adventure
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Firehand and his Apache friend Winnetou are determined to get justice for the murder of four young braves. They set off to track down the gang responsible for the horrendous act.

Director: Alfred Vohrer
Stars: Pierre Brice, Rod Cameron, Marie Versini
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Winnetou & Old Shatterhand (2016)
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Apache chief Winnetou forms a friendship with a German immigrant rail road engineer Karl May, named afterwards Old Shatterhand.

Director: Philipp Stölzl
Stars: Nik Xhelilaj, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Jürgen Vogel
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When a villain named "the Shoot" terrorizes the constituents of Albanian country, which he rules. Heroic Kara Ben Nemsi (Lex Barker), and his sidekick are the only ones who can stop him

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Cast overview, first billed only:
... Old Shatterhand
... Winnetou
... Nscho-tschi
... Frederick Santer
... Bill Jones
Chris Howland ... Lord Tuff-Tuff
Ralf Wolter ... Sam Hawkens
Milivoje Popovic-Mavid ... Intschu-tschuna (as Mavid Popovic)
Dunja Rajter ... Belle
Niksa Stefanini ... Bullock
Branko Spoljar ... Bancroft
Husein Cokic ... Will Parker
Demeter Bitenc ... Dick Stone
Tomoslav Erak ... Tangua
Hrvoje Svob ... Klekih-petra
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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 MCSmarties

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A joyful Sauerkraut Western with all the trappings and side dishes
15 June 2015 | by – See all my reviews

WINNETOU, 1963, in Memorium

By Alex Dusty-Foot Deleon (Honorary Cheyenne)

A classic German Western filmed in Jugoslavia. Viewed on Austrian TV, June 14, 2015. I knew that a German writer by the name of Karl May was an extremely popular writer of American westerns in Germany, and that a number of films based on his iconic "Apache" hero Winnetou had been made, but I had never seen one. When French actor Pierre Brice who incarned Apache chieftain Winnetou in many films, passed away last week (June 6) at age 86 it was big news in the German language press and a series of his films are now on TV here in respectful memorium. Pierre-Louis Baron de Bris (6 February 1929 – 6 June 2015), known as Pierre Brice, was a French actor, best-known as fictional Apache-chief Winnetou in German Karl May films.

On Sunday in my hotel room I dutifully watched the most famous one "Winnetou, Part I" also known as "Apache Gold", and was most pleasantly surprised -- former Tarzan Lex Barker, dressed in buckskin and speaking flawless German, great "western" scenery filmed in Jugoslavia (-- shall we call it a Slivović Western) -- great authentic looking costumes and Teepees, good Indians vs evil Paleface intruders, lots of equestrian action and rousing shootouts, lovely Indian damsel in distress, Handsome Lex Barker blood- Brothering with Staunch heroic French Apache warrior Winnetou -- everything you could possibly want from a Western, and a rousing musical score to boot.

Extremely refreshing. Can't wait to see WINNETOU 2 and 3.

Okay, these Apaches looked more like Plains Indians than Southwest desert Apaches and did not speak Tonto mumbo-jumbo like Jlay Silverheels who played TONTO in The Lone Ranger series but was an authentic Canadian Iroquois --

-- and all the Indians looked pretty much like painted Caucasians, but -- Who cares? -- when so much fun is to be had!

Winnetou is a made-up name not in reality associated with the Apache or any other Amerindian language, but the films became so popular that Winnetou is an acceptable official name in Germany. Et alors ... Was denn!

Ps: An adviser from Los Angeles suggests calling it a "Sauerkraut Western" to avoid confusion with the better known Spaghetti variety. Why not ...Gettemupp Scalp!.
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