Apache chief winnetou forms a friendship with a german immigrant rail road engineer karl. In 1962, the german producer horst wendlandt searched for an actor who should play the native american chief winnetou on a western. Winnetou i was a germanfrenchyugoslav coproduction, originally titled winnetou 1. It was one of a series of european technicolor westerns based on the.
A boy wants to become winnetous son in a play and trains for this with the help of friends and family. After enlisting as volunteer to the french army and fighting in indochina, he attended acting lessons and got a first small role in ca va barder 1955. A dark secret lies beneath apache land threatening its future. Mar 23, 2015 a series of winnetou films, made in the 1960s and starring french actor pierre brice as winnetou and american actor lex barker as old shatterhand, are evergreen repeats on german tv. Neuer winnetou steht fest, dreh in kroatien tiroler. Winnetou the beginning is a feature film with a unique insight into the soul of mankind. Germany reviving winnetou westerns for tv hollywood. The film is based on winnetou stories of german author karl may. An diesen namen werden sich karlmayfans erst gewohnen mussen. A documentary film project directed by red haircrow on native stereotypes and their connection to racism, colonialism, and deep societal issues. Wenn du keine antwort per mail bekommen hast,dann hast du vielleicht eine blode frage gestellt. Our team together we achieve that which no one can achieve alone. Pierre brice was born on 6 february 1929 in brest, france.
Lex barker, pierre brice, mario adorf, dunja rajter. Neue hauptdarsteller fur kultfilm winnetou reitet wieder. It has been broadcast in three parts on rtl television in late december 2016. Winnetou and old shatterhand are close to establish peace between settlers and natives, only to come across more obstacles. Apache chief winnetou forms a friendship with a german immigrant rail road engineer karl may, named afterwards old shatterhand. A series of winnetou films, made in the 1960s and starring french actor pierre brice as winnetou and american actor lex barker as old shatterhand, are evergreen repeats on german tv. Januar 1963 ein 24seitiges expose zum geplanten neuen film winnetou 1. Winnetou the beginning is the first film in a western trilogy based on the intellectual property published by our publishing company nemsi books. Winnetou is a german television film directed by philipp stolzl and starring nik xhelilaj and wotan wilke mohring.
After enlisting as volunteer to the french army and fighting in. Winnetou is a fictional native american hero of several novels written in german by karl may 18421912, one of the bestselling german writers of all time with about 200 million copies worldwide, including the winnetoutrilogy. Germany reviving winnetou westerns for tv hollywood reporter. At its heart are two men of different cultures, and yet, these two men struggle for identical goals in ways that are defined by their race and their society. Winnetou 2016 tvcomebacktrailer by daniel kaser youtube.