Old Shatterhand (film)

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Old Shatterhand
Directed by	Hugo Fregonese
Written by	Ladislas Fodor
Based on	Winnetou novels by Karl May
Produced by	Artur Brauner Georg M. Reuther
Starring	Lex Barker Guy Madison Pierre Brice Daliah Lavi Ralf Wolter
Cinematography	Siegfried Hold
Edited by	Alfred Srp
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Production company	CCC Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	30 April 1964 (1964-04-30)
Running time	122 minutes
Countries	West Germany Yugoslavia Italy
Languages	German Italian Yugoslav
Budget	DM 5 million
Box office	36.1 million tickets

Old Shatterhand (known as Apaches' Last Battle in the UK) is a successful Eurowestern film based on the character Old Shatterhand, written by German novelist Karl May and part of the Winnetou series. It is a West German CCC Film production co-produced with French, Italian and Yugoslav companies, and filmed in 70 mm. Financed with roughly DM 5,000,000, the film was the most expensive Karl May western. Composer Riz Ortolani used a chorus for his film score.^{[citation needed]}

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Croatia, including at the Plitvice Lakes National Park. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Pischinger.^{[citation needed]}