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The Pyramid of the Sun God
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'The Pyramid of the Sun God' (German: 'Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes' is a 1965 West German and Italian western film adventure directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lex Barker, Grard Barray and Michle Girardon. It is based on a book by Karl May, and was part of a boom of Karl May adaptations during the decade.Bergfelder p.188 It follows on from 'The Treasure of the Aztecs' (1965), also directed by Siodmak and featuring the same cast.
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Veljko Despotovic and Hertha Hareiter and Otto Pischinger. Rio Grande
Cast
*Lex Barker as Dr. Karl Sternau
*Michle Girardon as Josefa Cortejo
*Grard Barray as Count Alfonso di Rodriganda y Sevilla
*Hans Nielsen as Don Pedro Arbellez
*Rik Battaglia as Captain Lazaro Verdoja
*Gustavo Rojo as Lieutenant Potoca
*Theresa Lorca as Karja
*Ralf Wolter as Andreas Hasenpfeffer
*Kelo Henderson as Frank Wilson
*Alessandra Panaro as Rosita Arbellez
*Jean-Roger Caussimon as Marshall Bazaine
*Antun Nalis as Pablo Cortejo
*Vladimir Popovic as Black Deer
*Branimir Tori Jankovic as Panteo
*Nada Radovic as Big India 'Rio Grande film'
See also
* 'The Treasure of the Aztecs' (1965)
* Karl May films
References
Bibliography
* Bergfelder, Tim. 'International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s'. Berghahn Books, 2005.
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