Winnetou and the Crossbreed

Winnetou and the Crossbreed (German: Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi) is a 1966 West German Western film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Götz George and Uschi Glas. It is part of the series of Karl May adaptations produced by Rialto Film during the decade. It was co-produced with Italy and Yugoslavia. The budget was an estimated three and a half million Deutschmarks.

Winnetou and the Crossbreed
Directed by	Harald Philipp
Written by	Fred Denger
Based on	Themes from novels by Karl May
Produced by	Erwin Gitt Stipe Gurdulic Charles Wakefield Horst Wendlandt
Starring	Lex Barker Pierre Brice Götz George Uschi Glas
Cinematography	Heinz Hölscher
Edited by	Jutta Hering
Music by	Martin Böttcher
Production companies	Jadran Film Rialto Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	19 August 1966 (1966-08-19)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	West Germany Italy Yugoslavia
Language	German

This was the first in the series to not be based on a May novel, only on his characters. It was not a box office success, unlike previous releases which had been major hits. However, it did launch the career of Uschi Glas as an important actress.

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Yugoslavia. The film's sets were designed by Vladimir Tadej.

Cast

• Lex Barker as Old Shatterhand
• Pierre Brice as Winnetou
• Götz George as Jeff Brown
• Uschi Glas as Apanatschi
• Walter Barnes as Mac Haller
• Ralf Wolter as Sam Hawkens
• Miha Baloh as Judge
• Marija Crnobori as Mine-Yota
• Ilija Džuvalekovski as Curly-Bill
• Marinko Cosic as Happy
• Petar Dobric as Sloan
• Vladimir Leib as Pincky
• Abdurrahman Shala as Hank
• Nada Kasapic as Bessie
• Giancarlo Bastianoni

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

• Winnetou and the Crossbreed at IMDb
• Winnetou and the Crossbreed at filmportal.de/en