Apache Gold

"An Adventure as Vast as the Wild Land That Spawned It!"

1963 1h 41m DE

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★6.8TMDB · 179

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Synopsis

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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.

“An Adventure as Vast as the Wild Land That Spawned It!”

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Cast

Lex Barker
Old Shatterhand
Pierre Brice
Winnetou
Mario Adorf
Frederic Santer
Marie Versini
Nscho-tschi
Chris Howland
Lord Tuff-Tuff
Walter Barnes
Bill Jones
Ralf Wolter
Sam Hawkens
Milivoje 'Mavid' Popović
Intschu-tschuna

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Harald Reinl
Writers: Harald G. Petersson
Languages: German
Countries: France, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $37M — a 17.5× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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63 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: France, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Winnetou Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Harald Reinl, shot by Ernst W. Kalinke. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Martin Böttcher. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Hermann Haller shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Harald Reinl directs. Ernst W. Kalinke behind the camera. Martin Böttcher scores. Hermann Haller cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in France, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia. Dialogue in German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $37M — a 17.5× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
363 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4International production across 4 countries: France, Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia.
5Part of the "Winnetou Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Harald Reinl, shot by Ernst W. Kalinke. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Martin Böttcher. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Hermann Haller shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Lex Barker and Pierre Brice and Mario Adorf carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "An Adventure as Vast as the Wild Land That Spawned It!".
11IMDB entry: tt0057687 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ernst W. Kalinke
Original score: Martin Böttcher
Editing: Hermann Haller
Production design: Vladimir Tadej
Makeup / hair: Walter Wegener
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $2,100,000
Box office: $36,700,000
Return: 1748% of budget
Original language: DE
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Apache Gold (1963)

Part of

Winnetou Collection

Winnetou is a fictional Native American hero of several novels written by Karl May (1842–1912, with about 200 million copies worldwide one of the best selling German writers of all time) in German, including the sequels Winnetou I through Winnetou IV.