The Treasure of the Aztecs

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The Treasure of the Aztecs
Der Schatz der Azteken.jpg
Directed byRobert Siodmak
Written byKarl May (novel)
Ladislas Fodor
Robert A. Stemmle
Georg Marischka
Produced byArtur Brauner
StarringLex Barker
Gérard Barray
Michèle Girardon
CinematographySiegfried Hold
Edited byWalter Wischniewsky
Music byErwin Halletz
Production
companies
CCC Film
Avala Film
Franco London Films
Distributed byGloria Film
Release date
4 March 1965
Running time
101 minutes
CountriesWest Germany
France
Italy
LanguageGerman

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.

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References[]

  1. ^ Bergfelder p.188

Bibliography[]

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

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