Last of the Renegades

Last of the Renegades
Last of the Renegades
	Film poster
Directed by	Harald Reinl
Written by	Harald G. Petersson
Based on	Winnetou novels; by Karl May
Produced by	Erwin Gitt; Stipe Gurdulic; Wolfgang Kühnlenz; Horst Wendlandt;
Starring	Pierre Brice; Lex Barker; Anthony Steel;
Cinematography	Ernst W. Kalinke
Edited by	Hermann Haller
Music by	Martin Böttcher
Production; companies	Rialto Film; Jadran Film; Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie;
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	17 September 1964;
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	West Germany; France; Italy; Yugoslavia;
Language	German
Box office	62.8 million tickets

Last of the Renegades (Template:Lang-de and also known as Winnetou: Last of the Renegades) is a 1964 German-Italian Western film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Pierre Brice, Lex Barker, and Anthony Steel.^[1] It is based on a Karl May novel, and was part of a series of adaptations produced by Rialto Film.

Cast

Pierre Brice as Winnetou
Lex Barker as Old Shatterhand
Anthony Steel as Bud Forrester
Karin Dor as Ribanna
Klaus Kinski as David 'Luke' Lucas
Renato Baldini as Col. J. F. Merril
Terence Hill as Lt. Robert Merril
Marie-Noëlle Barre as Susan Merril
Ilija Ivezić as Red (as Elija Ivejic)
Velemir Chytil as Carter
Stole Arandjelovic as Caesar
Djordje Nenadovic as Capt. Bruce
Mirko Boman as Gunstick Uncle
Rikard Brzeska as Tah-Sha-Tunga
Eddi Arent as Lord Castlepool
Gojko Mitić as White Raven

Production

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

It was one of a number of films Anthony Steel made in Europe.^[2]

Reception

Box office

In West Germany, it was the fourth top-grossing film of 1964, selling 6.75 million tickets.^[3] In the Soviet Union, the film sold 56 million tickets.^[4] This adds up to a total of 62.75 million tickets sold worldwide.

References

^ "Last of the Renegades". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
^ Vagg, Stephen (23 September 2020). "The Emasculation of Anthony Steel: A Cold Streak Saga". Filmink.
^ "Die Erfolgreichsten Filme in Deutschland 1964" [The Most Successful Films in Germany in 1964]. Inside Kino (in German). Retrieved 29 June 2020.
^ "Виннету – сын Инчу-Чуна (Winnetou - 2. Teil)". KinoPoisk (in Russian). Retrieved 29 June 2020.

Bibliography

Bergfelder, Tim (2005) [2004]. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-539-2.

External links

[NY_Times-1] "Last of the Renegades". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

[vagg-2] Vagg, Stephen (23 September 2020). "The Emasculation of Anthony Steel: A Cold Streak Saga". Filmink.

[3] "Die Erfolgreichsten Filme in Deutschland 1964" [The Most Successful Films in Germany in 1964]. Inside Kino (in German). Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[4] "Виннету – сын Инчу-Чуна (Winnetou - 2. Teil)". KinoPoisk (in Russian). Retrieved 29 June 2020.

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