The Oil Prince (German: Der Ölprinz) is a 1965 West German-Yugoslav western film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice and Harald Leipnitz. It was also known as Rampage at Apache Wells.[1] The screenplay is based on a novel by Karl May and was one of a series of film adaptations of his work made by Rialto Film.
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| Directed by | Harald Philipp |
| Written by | Fred Denger Harald Philipp |
| Based on | The Oil Prince by Karl May |
| Produced by | Erwin Gitt Stipe Gurdulic Horst Wendlandt |
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| Cinematography | Heinz Hölscher |
| Music by | Martin Böttcher |
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| Distributed by | Constantin Film Columbia Pictures (UK) |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
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| Language | German |
The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Yugoslavia.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Dusan Jericevic.
It recorded admissions of 409,817 in France, 1,449,558 in Spain, and over 3 million in Germany.[3]
Cast
- Stewart Granger as Old Surehand
- Pierre Brice as Winnetou
- Harald Leipnitz as The Oil Prince
- Macha Méril as Lizzy
- Terence Hill as Richard Forsythe
- Walt Barnes as Bill Campbell
- Antje Weisgerber as Mrs. Ebersbach
- Heinz Erhardt as Cantor Hampel
- Milan Srdoč as Old Wabble
- Gerd Frickhöffer as Kovacz
- Veljko Maričić as Bergmann
- Dušan Janićijević as Butler
- Slobodan Dimitrijević as Knife
- Davor Antolić as Paddy
- Zvonimir Črnko as Billy Forner
References
Bibliography
- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
