Treasure of the Silver Lake
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The Treasure of the Silver Lake | |
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Directed by | Harald Reinl |
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Produced by | Horst Wendlandt |
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Cinematography | Ernst W. Kalinke |
Music by | Martin Böttcher |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Box office | €8.6 million (West Germany) 42 million tickets (worldwide) |
The Treasure of the Silver Lake (German: Der Schatz im Silbersee) is a 1962 German western film directed by Harald Reinl. It is very loosely based on Karl May's 1891 novel of the same name. It was shot in Yugoslavia and was the first in the highly successful Winnetou film series by Rialto Film.
Plot
Fred Engel's father is murdered by Colonel Brinkley in order to acquire a treasure map, however the Colonel only acquires half of it, the other half is held by Mrs. Butler. Discovering the scene of the crime, Old Shatterhand and Winnetou help Fred bring his father's murderer to justice and locate the treasure of Silver Lake.
Cast
- Lex Barker as Old Shatterhand
- Pierre Brice as Winnetou
- Götz George as Fred Engel
- Herbert Lom as Colonel Brinkley
- Karin Dor as Ellen Patterson
- Eddi Arent as Lord Castlepool
- Marianne Hoppe as Mrs. Butler
- Ralf Wolter as Sam Hawkens
- Mirko Boman as Gunstick Uncle
Box office
It was the highest-grossing film of 1962 in West Germany, selling 10 million tickets and grossing €8.6 million.[1] In France, it was the 29th top-grossing film of 1963, selling 1,656,736 tickets.[2] In the Soviet Union, the film sold 39.8 million tickets.[3] This adds up to a total of 42,456,736 tickets sold worldwide.
The film was a phenomenal success, predating that of Sergio Leone's films. This helped provide a cultural and financial context for the later Spaghetti Western films.[4]
References
- ^ "Die erfolgreichsten Filme in Deutschland 1962" [The Most Successful Films in Germany in 1962]. Inside Kino (in German). 1962. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Der Schatz im Silbersee (1963) – France". JP's Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Виннету – вождь апачей (Old Shatterhand)". KinoPoisk (in Russian). Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "Treasure of Silver Lake Review". The Spaghetti Western Database. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
External links
- 1962 films
- 1962 Western (genre) films
- 1960s buddy films
- 1960s historical films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Constantin Film films
- Winnetou films
- Films directed by Harald Reinl
- Films produced by Horst Wendlandt
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films set in New Mexico
- Films shot in Croatia
- Films shot in Yugoslavia
- German-language films
- German historical films
- German Western (genre) films
- West German films
- Yugoslav films
- German films about revenge
- German vigilante films
- Yugoslav historical films
- Yugoslav Western (genre) films
- 1960s Western (genre) film stubs
- 1960s German film stubs