Winnetou

Original title: Winnetou - 1. Teil

1963
1h 31m

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When violent conflict breaks out between greedy railroaders and a tribe of Mescalero Apaches, only two men, destined to be blood brothers, can prevent all-out war: chief's son Winnetou and G... Read allWhen violent conflict breaks out between greedy railroaders and a tribe of Mescalero Apaches, only two men, destined to be blood brothers, can prevent all-out war: chief's son Winnetou and German engineer Old Shatterhand.When violent conflict breaks out between greedy railroaders and a tribe of Mescalero Apaches, only two men, destined to be blood brothers, can prevent all-out war: chief's son Winnetou and German engineer Old Shatterhand.

Director
- Harald Reinl
Writers
- Karl May
- Harald G. Petersson
Stars

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6.8/10

4.7K

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Director
- Harald Reinl
Writers
- Karl May
- Harald G. Petersson
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

Goofs
Old Shatterhand steps into the canoe in boots, but as soon as he sits in, he is barefoot... And although Old Shatterhand is sitting completely in the wet, the water stain on his shirt gets smaller and smaller instead of bigger.

Alternate versions
The English version (i.e. "Winnetou, the Warrior") omits all scenes with Chris Howland. Some other scenes are trimmed as well - including a sequence between the character Sam Hawkens and a fat Indian squaw. The German 2005 restored DVD version has a English soundtrack option in which the scenes that where not in the English version reverts to the German soundtrack. It is therefore possible to see the differences between the two versions. The German soundtrack on the same DVD issue has been remixed into stereo and at least one sequence that has previously been censored in German VHS copies - the death of Santer - has been restored as well.

Connections
Featured in Auf den Spuren Winnetous (2004)

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6/10

What a memory!

It was so nice to remember times when this film was shot in the former Yugoslavia, what is today Croatia. I was not born then but they told me how wonderful it was to work with those people at those times.They filmed at what is today Plitvice Lakes and Dubrovnik, Popovo Polje area. Old people still remember that.

I wish making films was simple and nice as it was during those times.

It is great to take a ride in the past and revisit those old movies.

You the younger generation should do the same.

For details of film see the other reviews, everything there has been well said.