''Last of the Renegades'' (german: Winnetou – 2. Teil and also known as ''Winnetou: Last of the Renegades'') is a 1964 German-Italian
Western film
The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred ...
directed by
Harald Reinl
Harald Reinl (8 July 1908 in Bad Ischl, Austria – 9 October 1986 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) was an Austrian film director. He is known for the films he made based on Edgar Wallace and Karl May books (see Karl May movies and Edgar Walla ...
and starring
Pierre Brice
Pierre-Louis Le Bris (6 February 1929 – 6 June 2015), known as Pierre Brice, was a French actor, best known as portraying fictional Apache-chief Winnetou in German films based on Karl May novels.
Life and films
Brice was born in Brest, Brit ...
,
Lex Barker
Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr. (May 8, 1919 – May 11, 1973), known as Lex Barker, was an American actor. He was known for playing Tarzan for RKO Pictures between 1949 and 1953, and portraying leading characters from Karl May's novels, notably as ...
, and
Anthony Steel.
It is based on a
Karl May
Karl Friedrich May ( , ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his 19th century novels of fictitious travels and adventures, set in the American Old West with Winnetou and Old Shatterhand as main pro ...
novel, and was part of a series of adaptations produced by
Rialto Film
Rialto Film is a German motion-picture production company headquartered in Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make ...
. The film is a sequel to ''
Apache Gold
''Apache Gold'' (german: Winnetou, later retitled to ''Winnetou – 1. Teil''), also known as ''Winnetou the Warrior'', is a 1963 Western film directed by Harald Reinl. It is based on the story of Winnetou, a fictional Native-American Apache he ...
''.
Cast
Production
It was shot at the
Spandau Studios
The Spandau Studios or CCC Studios were film and television studios located in Spandau, a suburb of Berlin. They were established in 1949 following the Second World War by the producer Artur Brauner
Artur "Atze" Brauner (born Abraham Brauner; ...
in
Berlin
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and
on location in
Croatia
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Vladimir Tadej
Vladimir Tadej (9 May 1925 – 1 March 2017) was a Croatian production designer, screenwriter and film director. He contributed to more than forty films from 1949 to 1998.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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.
It was one of a number of films Anthony Steel made in Europe.
Reception
Box office
In
West Germany
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, it was the fourth top-grossing film of 1964, selling tickets. In the
Soviet Union
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, the film sold tickets.
This adds up to a total of tickets sold worldwide.
See also
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Karl May film adaptations
Karl May film adaptations are films based on stories and characters by German author Karl May (1842–1912). The characters Old Shatterhand, Winnetou, and Kara Ben Nemsi are very famous in Central Europe.
In most of the film versions the novels we ...
*
Klaus Kinski filmography
Klaus Kinski (1926–1991) was a German actor who appeared in more than 130 films.
Feature films
Television
Discography
* 1962 ''Poetry of Friedrich von Schiller: Read in German by Kinski'' (Folkways Records)
Kinski released nearl ...
References
Bibliography
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External links
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''Last of the Renegades''at
filmportal.de/en
1964 films
1964 Western (genre) films
1960s buddy films
1960s historical films
Constantin Film films
Films directed by Harald Reinl
Films produced by Horst Wendlandt
Films set in New Mexico
Films set in the 19th century
Films shot at Spandau Studios
Films shot in Croatia
Films shot in Slovenia
Films shot in Yugoslavia
French Western (genre) films
German Western (genre) films
German historical films
German sequel films
1960s German-language films
Italian Western (genre) films
Italian historical films
Italian sequel films
1960s Italian-language films
Spaghetti Western films
West German films
Winnetou films
1960s Italian films
1960s German films
Foreign films set in the United States
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