It was so nice to remember times when this film was shot in the former Yugoslavia, what is today Croatia. I was not born then but they told me how wonderful it was to work with those people at those times.
"Winnetou - 1. Teil" is a 100-minute movie from Germany, written by Harald G.
I love actors in this film. Pierre Brice and Lex Barker are very good as Vinnetou and Old Shatterhand.
WINNETOU, 1963, in MemoriumBy Alex Dusty-Foot Deleon (Honorary Cheyenne)A classic German Western filmed in Jugoslavia. Viewed on Austrian TV, June 14, 2015.
I saw this film at a military theater in 1965. This film was so bad that it was hilarious.
I first saw this film at the age of 10 in Germany and at that age found it captivating for it's quality of cinematography and sound-track.
Well, very interesting you found it hilarious. I'm sure all those German, Dutch and Belgian kids at that time just -loved- it.
Arguably the start of the notable German Western cycle of the 60's, along with Treasure of the Silver Lake (Der Schatz I'm Silbersee of the previous year). In this early adaption of the tremendously successful Karl May novels which formed the backbone of the series, Ex Tarzan Lex Barker, blonde hair slicked back in vague echo of Kirk Douglas, plays Old Shatterhand.
Winnetou is a fictional Native American hero of several novels written by Karl May (1842-1912, with about 200 million copies worldwide one of the best selling German writers of all time) in German, including the sequels Winnetou I through Winnetou III. According to Karl May's story, first-person narrator Old Shatterhand encounters Winnetou and after initial dramatic events, a true friendship between Old Shatterhand and the Apache Winnetou arises; on many occasions they give proof of great fighting skill but also of compassion for other human beings.
