The Oil Prince (German: ''Der Ölprinz'') is a 1965 West German-Yugoslav

western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...

directed by

Harald Philipp Harald Philipp (1921–1999) was a German film director, screenwriter and actor. Selected filmography * ''The Old Forester House'' (1956) * ' (1958) * ''The Csardas King'' (1958) * ''A Thousand Stars Aglitter'' (1959) * ' (1960) * ''Brandenburg ...

and starring

Stewart Granger Stewart Granger (born James Lablache Stewart; 6 May 1913 – 16 August 1993) was a British film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s, rising to fame thr ...

Pierre Brice Pierre-Louis Le Bris (6 February 1929 – 6 June 2015), known as Pierre Brice, was a French actor, best known as portraying fictional Apache chief Winnetou in German films based on Karl May novels. Life and films Brice was born in Brest, ...

and Harald Leipnitz. It was also known as ''Rampage at Apache Wells''. The screenplay is based on a novel by

Karl May Karl Friedrich May ( , ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his novels of travels and adventures, set in the American Old West, the Orient, the Middle East, Latin America, China and Germany. He als ...

and was one of a series of film adaptations of his work made by Rialto Film. The film was shot at the

Spandau Studios The Spandau Studios or CCC Studios were film and television studios located in Spandau, a suburb of Berlin. They were established in 1949 following the Second World War by the producer Artur Brauner controller of CCC Films, on the site of a forme ...

in Berlin and on location in

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Dusan Jericevic. It recorded admissions of 409,817 in France, 1,449,558 in Spain, and over 3 million in Germany.Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France
at Box Office Story

Cast

as Old Surehand *

as Winnetou * Harald Leipnitz as The Oil Prince * Macha Méril as Lizzy *

Terence Hill Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with hi ...

as Richard Forsythe *

Walt Barnes Walter Lee Barnes (January 26, 1918 – January 6, 1998), nicknamed Piggy, was an American professional football guard and actor who played in National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. He played in college at Louisiana State University, ...

as Bill Campbell * Antje Weisgerber as Mrs. Ebersbach *

Heinz Erhardt Heinz Erhardt (; 20 February 1909 – 5 June 1979) was a German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor and poet. Life Heinz Erhardt was born in Riga, the son of Baltic German Kapellmeister Gustav Erhardt. He lived most of his childhood at his gr ...

as Cantor Hampel * Milan Srdoč as Old Wabble *

Gerd Frickhöffer Gerd Frickhöffer (21 November 1913 – 4 July 1980) was a German film and television actor. He appeared as Captain Donvan in the television detective series '' Sergeant Berry''. Selected filmography * '' Chemistry and Love'' (1948) * '' Every ...

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

* 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 1960s German films 1960s German-language films Foreign films set in the United States Films scored by Martin Böttcher German-language Western (genre) films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub