The Shoot (film)

The Shoot
The Shoot
Directed by	Robert Siodmak
Written by	Karl May (novel) ; Georg Marischka ; Robert Siodmak
Produced by	Artur Brauner ; Götz Dieter Wulf ; Heinz Willeg
Starring	Lex Barker ; Marie Versini ; Ralf Wolter
Cinematography	Aleksandar Sekulovic
Edited by	Ursula Kahlbaum
Music by	Martin Böttcher
Production; companies	CCC Film ; Serena Film ; Criterion Film ; Avala Film ; Hoche Productions ; Regina Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	20 August 1964
Running time	118 minutes
Countries	West Germany ; France ; Italy ; Yugoslavia
Language	German

The Shoot (German: Der Schut) is a 1964 adventure film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lex Barker, Marie Versini and Ralf Wolter.^[1] It was made as a co-production between West Germany, France, Italy and Yugoslavia. It is based on the 1892 novel of the same title by Karl May, and was part of a cycle of adaptations of his work started by Rialto Film's series of western films. It was a commercial success, benefiting from the presence of Barker and Versini who were stars of Rialto's series.^[2]

It was shot at the Tempelhof and Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Kosovo and Montenegro then part of Yugoslavia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dragoljub Ivkov. It was shot in Eastmancolor.

Synopsis

In the Balkans, then part of the Ottoman Empire, two travellers assist in the battle against a notorious bandit who has kidnapped a French engineer.

Cast

Lex Barker as Kara Ben Nemsi
Marie Versini as Tschita
Ralf Wolter as Hadschi Halef Omar
Rik Battaglia as Nirwan
Marianne Hold as Annette Galingré
Maria Grazia Francia as Frau des Schut
Friedrich von Ledebur as Mübarek
Renato Baldini as Barud
Pierre Fromont as Henry Galingré
Olga Brajevic as Madame Pouillet
Eva Ras as Nebatja
Nikola Popovic as Imer
Jovan Janicijevic-Burdus as Manach
Dusan Perkovic as Aladschy Bybar
Dusan Janicijevic as Omar Ben Sadek
Dieter Borsche as Sir David Lindsay
Chris Howland as Archibald
Dusan Antonijevic as Bandit
Zivojin Denic as Aladschy Sandar
Inge Landgut as Annette Galingré
Alessandra Panaro as Frau des Schut
Aleksandar Stojkovic as Smith
Jovisa Vojinovic as Kodscha Bascha
Janez Vrhovec as Osko

References

^ Bergfelder p.188
^ Bergfelder p.188

Bibliography

Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

The Shoot at IMDb

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[1] Bergfelder p.188

[2] Bergfelder p.188

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Europe 1952–1969	The Crimson Pirate (1952) Flesh and the Woman (1954) Die Ratten (1955) My Father, the Actor (1956) The Devil Strikes at Night (1957) Dorothea Angermann (1959) Magnificent Sinner (1959) The Rough and the Smooth (1959) My Schoolfriend (1960) The Nina B. Affair (1961) Escape from East Berlin (1962) The Shoot (1964) The Treasure of the Aztecs (1965) The Pyramid of the Sun God (1965) Custer of the West (1967) Kampf um Rom (1968)