Der Schatz im Silbersee (1962)

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Country:

West Germany | Yugoslavia | France

Language:

German

Release Date:

1 November 1965 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Blago u srebrnom jezeru See more »

Filming Locations:

Grobnicko polje, Croatia See more »

Budget:

DEM 2,900,000 (estimated)

Production Co:

Rialto Film Preben-Philipsen, Jadran Film, Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC) See more »

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Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Trivia

This was the very first movie to receive the "Golden Screen" (Goldene Leinwand) for having over 3 million visitors within 12 months. It was awarded on 22 January 1964 at the Mathäser-Filmpalast, Munich. The movie also received the Bambi-award 1963 as best box-office-production, handed over on 19 April 1964 at the Schwarzwaldhalle, Karlsruhe. The movie also received a sum of 200.000 DM from the Federal Ministry of the Interior in 1963 as movie-prize. The main title by composer Martin Böttcher, the "Old Shatterhand-Melodie" was the most successful track in German hitparades in the 1960ies, stayed there for several month and was sold with over 100.00 copies. For that time that was very unusual, espcecially for a filmmusic-track without any singers. The music was played by members of the symphony-orchestra of the NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk = North German Radio). The theme later also was recorded as vocal track by several singers, including a version by the movie's actor Pierre Brice (Winnetou). The set-location was in former Yugoslavia (that doesn't have any Alps, as some foreign critics seem to believe). "Der Schatz im Silbersee" was the first filmisation of a novel by author Karl May set in the American West. Earlier movies after his novels were all set in the Near East. See more »

Goofs

Errors in geography: The mentioned butterfly Papilio polymnestor parinda is from Sri Lanka and not from North America. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Les rivières pourpres II - Les anges de l'apocalypse (2004) See more »