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Old Shatterhand | |
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Directed by | Hugo Fregonese |
Written by | Ladislas Fodor |
Based on | Winnetou novels by Karl May |
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Cinematography | Siegfried Hold |
Edited by | Alfred Srp |
Music by | Riz Ortolani |
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Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
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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 70mm. 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 locationin Croatia including at the Plitvice Lakes National Park. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Pischinger.[citation needed]