The Pyramid of the Sun God (German: Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes is a 1965 West German and Italian western film adventure directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lex Barker, Gérard Barray and Michèle Girardon. It is based on a book by Karl May, and was part of a boom of Karl May adaptations during the decade.[1] It follows on from The Treasure of the Aztecs (1965), also directed by Siodmak and featuring substantially the same cast.
| The Pyramid of the Sun God | |
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| Directed by | Robert Siodmak |
| Written by | Karl May (novel) Ladislas Fodor Georg Marischka Robert A. Stemmle |
| 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 |
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| Distributed by | Gloria Film |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy West Germany Yugoslavia |
| Language | German |
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Veljko Despotovic and Hertha Hareiter and Otto Pischinger. Rio Grande
Cast
edit- Lex Barker as Dr. Karl Sternau
- Michèle Girardon as Josefa Cortejo
- Gérard Barray as Count Alfonso di Rodriganda y Sevilla
- Hans Nielsen as Don Pedro Arbellez
- Rik Battaglia as Captain Lazaro Verdoja
- Gustavo Rojo as Lieutenant Potoca
- Theresa Lorca as Karja
- Ralf Wolter as Andreas Hasenpfeffer
- Kelo Henderson as Frank Wilson
- Alessandra Panaro as Rosita Arbellez
- Jean-Roger Caussimon as Marshall Bazaine
- Antun Nalis as Pablo Cortejo
- Vladimir Popovic as Black Deer
- Branimir Tori Jankovic as Panteo
- Nada Radovic as Big India Rio Grande film
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bergfelder p.188
Bibliography
edit- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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