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Lex Barker - Westernheld und Playboy

80 %|Oct 1, 2023|Documentary, TV Movie

He is the most sought-after man in Europe in the 1960s. Lex Barker embodies the flawless hero in his films and, as Old Shatterhand, becomes a role model for generations of fans. Revered in Europe, misunderstood and almost forgotten in his native America. But who was this American who rode through Yugoslavia in a leather costume for the European audience? In 1973, Lex Barker died of a heart attack on the streets of Manhattan in New York. But no one recognizes the man who was Tarzan in Hollywood. Nobody knows him or cares about that he, as Winnetou's friend, is revered as an icon in Europe. Lex Barker's European western adventures are just a footnote in American film history. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death, the documentary tells the story of one of the most beautiful men who ever flickered across Europe's cinema screens, for whom European cinema proved to be a stroke of luck and for whom a failed Hollywood career took him via Italy to Germany.

Featured Crew

Andreas G. Wagner
Director
Andreas G. Wagner
Writer
Ion Casado
Director of Photography
Carlos Fuchs
Director of Photography
Matthias Jim Günther
Director of Photography
Peter Reuther
Director of Photography
Tom Weichenhain
Editor
Lars Holzapfel
Sound

Cast

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Lex Barker
Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
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Carmen G. Cervera
Self - Interviewee
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Karen Kondazian
Self - Interviewee
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Matthias Wendlandt
Self - Interviewee
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Brett Halsey
Self - Interviewee
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Clemens Meyer
Self - Interviewee
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Wolfgang M. Schmitt
Self - Interviewee
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Christopher Barker
Self - Interviewee
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Reiner Boller
Self - Interviewee
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Elisabeth Bronfen
Self - Interviewee
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Jan-Christopher Horak
Self - Interviewee
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Joachim Gitt
Self - Interviewee
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Karl Schlömer
Self - Interviewee
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Kendall Old Elk
Self - Interviewee
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Pierre Brice
als er selbst (archive footage)
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Horst Wendlandt
als er selbst (archive footage)
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Gergana Muskalla
Self - Narrator (voice)