The Valley of Death (film)

The Valley of Death or Winnetou and Shatterhand in the Valley of Death (German: Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten) is a 1968 western film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Lex Barker, Pierre Brice and Rik Battaglia. It was the last in a series of films based on Karl May novels. These had previously enjoyed major commercial success, although this film's box office returns were disappointing. It was effectively a remake of an earlier film in the series Treasure of Silver Lake.^[1]

GermanWinnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten

Directed byHarald Reinl

Written byHerbert Reinecker
Harald Reinl

Based on

Winnetou novels
by Karl May

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The Valley of Death
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German	Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten
Directed by	Harald Reinl
Written by	Herbert Reinecker Harald Reinl
Based on	Winnetou novels by Karl May
Produced by	Artur Brauner Sulejman Kapic Zvonko Kovacic Rolf Meier Götz Dieter Wulf
Starring	Lex Barker Pierre Brice Rik Battaglia
Cinematography	Ernst W. Kalinke
Edited by	Hermann Haller
Music by	Martin Böttcher
Production companies	Jadran Film CCC Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	12 December 1968 (1968-12-12)
Running time	89 minutes
Countries	West Germany Italy Yugoslavia
Language	German

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It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location in Yugoslavia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Vladimir Tadej.