The Shoot (film)
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Directed by | Robert Siodmak |
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Cinematography | Aleksandar Sekulovic |
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Music by | Martin Böttcher |
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Distributed by | Gloria Film |
Release date | 20 August 1964 |
Running time | 118 minutes |
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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 . 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/Der Schut
- Marianne Hold as Annette Galingré
- Maria Grazia Francia as Frau des Schut
- Friedrich von Ledebur as Mübarek
- Renato Baldini as Barud
- as Henry Galingré
- as Madame Pouillet
- Eva Ras as Nebatja
- as Imer
- as Manach
- as Aladschy Bybar
- Dusan Janicijevic as Omar Ben Sadek
- Dieter Borsche as Sir David Lindsay
- Chris Howland as Archibald
- as Bandit
- as Aladschy Sandar
- Inge Landgut as Annette Galingré
- Alessandra Panaro as Frau des Schut
- as Smith
- as Kodscha Bascha
- Janez Vrhovec as Osko
References[]
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[]
- German-language films
- 1964 films
- 1960s historical adventure films
- German historical adventure films
- West German films
- Films directed by Robert Siodmak
- French films
- French historical adventure films
- Italian films
- Italian historical adventure films
- Yugoslav films
- Yugoslav historical adventure films
- Gloria Film films
- Films shot at Spandau Studios
- Films shot at Tempelhof Studios
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films based on the Orient Cycle
- 1960s German film stubs