Der Schatz Der Azteken

The Treasure of the Aztecs
The Treasure of the Aztecs
Directed by	Robert Siodmak
Written by	Karl May (novel); Ladislas Fodor; Robert A. Stemmle; Georg Marischka
Produced by	Artur Brauner; Götz Dieter Wulf
Starring	Lex Barker; Gérard Barray; Michèle Girardon
Cinematography	Siegfried Hold
Edited by	Walter Wischniewsky
Music by	Erwin Halletz
Production; companies	CCC Film; Avala Film; Franco London Films
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	4 March 1965;
Running time	101 minutes
Countries	West Germany; France; Italy
Language	German

The Treasure of the Aztecs (German: Der Schatz der Azteken) is a 1965 western adventure film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lex Barker, Gérard Barray and Michèle Girardon. It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West Germany. It was based on a novel by Karl May, part of a boom in adaptations of the author's works during the decade.^[1] It was followed by a second part The Pyramid of the Sun God (1965).

It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Barcelona and Yugoslavia. The film sets were designed by the art directors Hertha Hareiter and Otto Pischinger. It was made in Eastmancolor.

Cast

Lex Barker as Dr. Karl Sternau
Gérard Barray as Count Alfonso di Rodriganda y Sevilla
Rik Battaglia as Captain Lazaro Verdoja
Michèle Girardon as Josefa Cortejo
Alessandra Panaro as Rosita Arbellez
Theresa Lorca as Karja
Ralf Wolter as Andreas Hasenpfeffer
Fausto Tozzi as Benito Juarez
Hans Nielsen as Don Pedro Arbellez
Gustavo Rojo as Lieutenant Potoca
Kelo Henderson as Frank Wilson
Jean-Roger Caussimon as Marshal Bazaine
Friedrich von Ledebur as Count Fernando di Rodriganda y Sevilla
Vladimir Popovic as Black Deer
Jeff Corey as Abraham Lincoln
Djordje Nenadovic as Count Embarez

References

^ Bergfelder p.188

Bibliography

Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

The Treasure of the Aztecs at IMDb

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[1] Bergfelder p.188

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v t e Films directed by Robert Siodmak
Europe 1930–1939	People on Sunday (1930) Farewell (1930) Inquest (1931) About an Inquest (1931, MLV) The Man in Search of His Murderer (1931) Storms of Passion (1932) Quick (1932) The Burning Secret (1933) The Weaker Sex (1933) The Crisis is Over (1934) La Vie parisienne (1936) Parisian Life (1936) The Great Refrain (1936) Compliments of Mister Flow (1936) White Cargo (1937) Mollenard (1938) The Corsican Brothers (1939) Personal Column (1939)
Hollywood 1941–1951	West Point Widow (1941) Fly-by-Night (1942) The Night Before the Divorce (1942) My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942) Someone to Remember (1943) Son of Dracula (1943) Phantom Lady (1944) Cobra Woman (1944) Christmas Holiday (1944) The Suspect (1944) The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945) The Spiral Staircase (1946) The Killers (1946) The Dark Mirror (1946) Time Out of Mind (1947) Cry of the City (1948) Criss Cross (1949) The Great Sinner (1949) The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) Deported (1950) The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951)
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)

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