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Several of the novels have film adaptions made in Germany in the sixties.

 

 

Adaption number one is 'Winnetou 1. Teil' (Winnetou 1st part, 1963), directed by Harald Reinl, starring Lex Barker as Old Shatterhand, Pierre Brice as Winnetou and Mario Adorf as Frederick Santer. They were parodied in ''[[Der Schuh des Manitu]]''.

Soon after that he meets Winnetou for the first time and the rest of the film is pretty much him fighting Indians, becoming friend with Indians, falling in love with Nscho-Tschi ('Beautiful Day'), Winnetous sister and several gunfights, in which people participate who let themselves be shot conveniently easily.

 

 

While Old Shatterhand is against the evil oil speculator Forrester, Winnetou attempts to gather chiefs of other nations to come to a modus vivendi with the white men. A wedding between Merril (Mario Girotti), a lieutenant of the US cavalry and Ribana (Karin Dor), the daughter of an Assiniboin chief, is meant to cement the peace. But things go awry and nearly end in catastrophe if not for the timely intervention of (you guessed it) Winnetou and Old Shatterhand. Lord Castlepool from ''[[Der Schatz im Silbersee|Der Schatz I'm Silbersee]]'' makes a welcome second appearance.

 

 

Another story where a band of crooks tries to foment an Indian war but is foiled by Winnetou and Old Shatterhand, only this time Winnetou tragically is shot dead. Rik Battaglia, the actor who played the villain, got harrassed in real life afterwards.

 

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* [[Catch Phrase]]: [[Comic Relief|Sam Hawkens']] constant "If I'm not mistaken, hihi."

 

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