The Oil Prince (German: ''Der Ölprinz'') is a 1965 West German-Yugoslav

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 Philipp Harald Philipp (1921–1999) was a German film director, screenwriter and actor. Selected filmography * '' The Old Forester House'' (1956) * '' The Csardas King'' (1958) * ''A Thousand Stars Aglitter'' (1959) * ' (1960) * '' Brandenburg Division ...

and starring Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice and

Harald Leipnitz Harald Leipnitz (22 April 1926 – 21 November 2000) was a German actor, who was born in Wuppertal and died in Munich of lung cancer. Filmography *1961: '' The Big Show'' (Uncredited) *1963: ', as Wolfgang Spitz *1963: ', as Pedro *1964: ''The ...

. It was also known as ''Rampage at Apache Wells''. The screenplay is based on a novel by

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 ...

and was one of a series of film adaptations of his work made 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 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 controller of CCC Films, on the site of a form ...

in Berlin and on location in

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. 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.Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France
at Box Office Story

Cast

* Stewart Granger as Old Surehand * Pierre Brice as Winnetou *

as The Oil Prince *

Macha Méril Macha Méril (; born Princess Maria-Magdalena Vladimirovna Gagarina on 3 September 1940) is a French actress and writer. Biography Méril is descended by her father from the Russian princely house Gagarin and by her mother from a Ukrainian nob ...

as Lizzy *

Terence Hill Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with longtim ...

as Richard Forsythe *

Walt Barnes Walter Lee Barnes (January 26, 1918 – January 6, 1998) was an American football guard and actor who played in National Football League (NFL) for four seasons. He played in the (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles and in college at Louisiana State ...

as Bill Campbell * Antje Weisgerber as Mrs. Ebersbach *

Heinz Erhardt Heinz Erhardt (; 20 February 1909 – 5 June 1979) was a German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet. Life Heinz Erhardt was born in Riga, the son of Baltic German Kapellmeister Gustav Erhardt. He lived most of his childhood at his ...

as Cantor Hampel * Milan Srdoč as Old Wabble *

Gerd Frickhöffer Gerd Frickhöffer (21 November 1913 – 4 July 1980) was a German film and television actor. He appeared as Captain Donvan in the television detective series '' Sergeant Berry''. Selected filmography * ''Chemistry and Love'' (1948) * '' Everyth ...

as Kovacz * Veljko Maričić as Bergmann * Dušan Janićijević as Butler *

Slobodan Dimitrijević Slobodan Dimitrijević (20 April 1941 – 4 December 1999) was a Serbian television and film actor. Partial filmography *''Igre na skelama'' (1961) - Stasa *'' Treasure of the Silver Lake'' (1962) - Rollender Donner *''Prometheus of the Island'' ...

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

* 1965 films 1965 Western (genre) films German Western (genre) films West German films Films set in the 19th century Films shot in Croatia Films shot in Yugoslavia Films shot in Bosnia and Herzegovina Winnetou films Films directed by Harald Philipp Films produced by Horst Wendlandt Works about petroleum Constantin Film films Yugoslav Western (genre) films Films shot at Spandau Studios 1960s German films 1960s German-language films Foreign films set in the United States {{1960s-Germany-film-stub