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Directed by | Harald Reinl |
Written by | Harald G. Petersson |
Based on | Winnetou novels by Karl May |
Produced by | Horst Wendlandt |
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Cinematography | Ernst W. Kalinke |
Edited by | Hermann Haller |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
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Language | German |
Budget | 4 million DM[2] |
Box office | $36.7 million (est.) |
Apache Gold (German: Winnetou, later retitled to Winnetou – 1. Teil), also known as Winnetou the Warrior,[3] is a 1963 Western film directed by Harald Reinl. It is based on the story of Winnetou, a fictional Native-American Apache hero from the Winnetou series of German novels. It was a major commercial success, selling about 77 million tickets at the worldwide box office.
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Croatia, then part of Yugoslavia, near the city of Zadar. The film's sets were designed by art director Vladimir Tadej.