The Oil Prince

CinematographyHeinz HölscherMusic byMartin BöttcherDistributed byConstantin Film
Columbia Pictures (UK)89 minutesCountriesLanguageGerman

The Oil Prince (German: Der Ölprinz) is a 1965 West German-Yugoslav western film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice and Harald Leipnitz. It was also known as Rampage at Apache Wells.^[1] The screenplay is based on a novel by Karl May and was one of a series of film adaptations of his work made by Rialto Film.

The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Yugoslavia.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Dusan Jericevic.

It recorded admissions of 409,817 in France, 1,449,558 in Spain, and over 3 million in Germany.^[3]

Cast

• Stewart Granger as Old Surehand
• Pierre Brice as Winnetou
• Harald Leipnitz as The Oil Prince
• Macha Méril as Lizzy
• Terence Hill as Richard Forsythe
• Walt Barnes as Bill Campbell
• Antje Weisgerber as Mrs. Ebersbach
• Heinz Erhardt as Cantor Hampel
• Milan Srdoč as Old Wabble
• Gerd Frickhöffer as Kovacz
• Veljko Maričić as Bergmann
• Dušan Janićijević as Butler
• Slobodan Dimitrijević as Knife
• Davor Antolić as Paddy
• Zvonimir Črnko as Billy Forner

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• The Oil Prince at IMDb