The Oil Prince | |
Director: | Harald Philipp |
Producer: | Erwin Gitt Stipe Gurdulic Horst Wendlandt |
Cinematography: | Heinz Hölscher |
Music: | Martin Böttcher |
Studio: | Rialto Film Jadran Film |
Distributor: | Constantin Film Columbia Pictures (UK) |
Language: | German |
Runtime: | 89 minutes |
The Oil Prince (German: Der Ölprinz) is a 1965 West German-Yugoslav western film directed by Harald Philipp and starring Stewart Granger, Pierre Brice and Harald Leipnitz. It was also known as Rampage at Apache Wells.[1] The screenplay is based on a novel by Karl May and was one of a series of film adaptations of his work made by Rialto Film.
The film was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Yugoslavia.[2] 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.[3]