The Oil Prince
1965 film
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The Oil Prince (German: Der Ölprinz) is a 1965 West German-Yugoslav western film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice and Harald Leipnitz. It was also known as Rampage at Apache Wells.[1] The screenplay is based on a novel by Karl May and was one of a series of film adaptations of his work made by Rialto Film.
Directed byHarald Philipp
Written byFred Denger
Harald Philipp
Harald Philipp
Based on
Produced byErwin Gitt
Stipe Gurdulic
Horst Wendlandt
Stipe Gurdulic
Horst Wendlandt
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| Directed by | Harald Philipp |
| Written by | Fred Denger Harald Philipp |
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| Produced by | Erwin Gitt Stipe Gurdulic Horst Wendlandt |
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| Cinematography | Heinz Hölscher |
| Music by | Martin Böttcher |
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| Distributed by | Constantin Film Columbia Pictures (UK) |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
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| Language | German |
The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Yugoslavia.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Dusan Jericevic.
It recorded admissions of 409,817 in France, 1,449,558 in Spain, and over 3 million in Germany.[3]
Cast
- Stewart Granger as Old Surehand
- Pierre Brice as Winnetou
- Harald Leipnitz as The Oil Prince
- Macha Méril as Lizzy
- Terence Hill as Richard Forsythe
- Walt Barnes as Bill Campbell
- Antje Weisgerber as Mrs. Ebersbach
- Heinz Erhardt as Cantor Hampel
- Milan Srdoč as Old Wabble
- Gerd Frickhöffer as Kovacz
- Veljko Maričić as Bergmann
- Dušan Janićijević as Butler
- Slobodan Dimitrijević as Knife
- Davor Antolić as Paddy
- Zvonimir Črnko as Billy Forner
