Among Vultures
Appearance
Among Vultures | |
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Directed by | Alfred Vohrer |
Written by | |
Story by | Karl May |
Produced by | Erwin Gitt Stipe Gurdulic Horst Wendlandt |
Starring | Stewart Granger Pierre Brice Elke Sommer |
Cinematography | Karl Löb |
Edited by | Hermann Haller |
Music by | Martin Böttcher |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Constantin Film (West Germany) British Lion Films (United Kingdom) Columbia Pictures (United States) |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Countries | West Germany France Italy Yugoslavia |
Language | German |
Box office | 577,441 admissions (France) 1,778,713 admissions (Spain) over $3 million (Germany)[1] |
Among Vultures (German: Unter Geiern) is a 1964 Western film directed by Alfred Vohrer and starring Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice, Elke Sommer and Götz George.[2][3] It was also released as Frontier Hellcat.
The film was a co-production between West Germany, France, Italy and Yugoslavia. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Yugoslavia, particularly in Croatia.[4] The film's sets were designed by the art director Vladimir Tadej.
Plot
An American frontiersman Old Surehand and his Apache companion Winnetou expose a criminal gang who are murdering settlers and laying the blame on the local Native American tribe.
Cast
- Stewart Granger as Old Surehand
- Pierre Brice as Winnetou
- Elke Sommer as Annie Dillman
- Götz George as Martin Baumann Jr.
- Walter Barnes as Martin Baumann Sr.
- Sieghardt Rupp as Preston
- Miha Baloh as Reverend Weler
- Renato Baldini as Judge Leader
- Terence Hill as Baker
- Gojko Mitić as Wokadeh
- Milan Srdoč as Old Wabble
See also
References
- ^ Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France at Box Office Story
- ^ Unter Geiern, IMDb
- ^ Unter Geiern, BFI Film and TV Database
- ^ AMONG VULTURES "(Unter Geiern)" Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 33, Iss. 384, (Jan 1, 1966): 143.
External links
Categories:
- 1964 films
- French films
- Italian films
- West German films
- Yugoslav films
- German-language films
- 1964 Western (genre) films
- Italian Western (genre) films
- Films based on German novels
- Films based on Western (genre) novels
- Films based on works by Karl May
- Films shot in Croatia
- Films shot in Germany
- Films shot in Yugoslavia
- German Western (genre) films
- Films directed by Alfred Vohrer
- Films produced by Horst Wendlandt
- Columbia Pictures films
- Constantin Film films
- 1960s Western (genre) film stubs