

An Adventure as Vast as the Wild Land That Spawned It!
The construction of the Great Western Railroad creates heavy conflict between the railway company and neighboring Indian tribes. Worse, criminal gang leader Santer sets his eyes on a gold mine located on holy Indian land and influences the construction supervisor to re-rout the planned railroad straight through Apache land. Old Shatterhand, who works as a measurement technician, discovers the evil plan and searches contact with the Apaches in an effort to avert war.
Bill Jones
The film's tagline is: "An Adventure as Vast as the Wild Land That Spawned It!"
The original title is "Winnetou 1. Teil" (DE).
With a budget of $2.1M, the film grossed $36.7M — a profit of $34.6M (1648% ROI).
The runtime is 101 minutes (1h 41m).
It was a co-production between: France, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia.
The film was directed by Harald Reinl.
The screenplay was written by Harald G. Petersson.
The score was composed by Martin Böttcher.
Cinematography was handled by Ernst W. Kalinke.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0057687.

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Good
175 votes
Winnetou 1. Teil
Released
NR
Deutsch
France, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia
$2,100,000
$36,700,000




