Hispanopedia WikiThe 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.
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 directorDusan 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.
External links
- The Oil Prince at IMDb
Categories:
- 1965 films
- 1965 Western (genre) films
- German Western (genre) films
- West German films
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films shot in Croatia
- Films shot in Yugoslavia
- Films shot in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Winnetou films
- Films based on German novels
- Films directed by Harald Philipp
- Films produced by Horst Wendlandt
- Films about petroleum
- Constantin Film films
- Yugoslav Western (genre) films
- Films shot at Spandau Studios
- 1965 German films
- 1965 German-language films
- Foreign films set in the United States
- Films scored by Martin Böttcher
- German-language Western (genre) films
- 1960s Western (genre) film stubs
- 1960s German film stubs