Lex Barker - Westernheld und Playboy (2023)
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.
Director: Andreas G. Wagner
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Lex Barker as Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage) |
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Carmen G. Cervera as Self - Interviewee |
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Karen Kondazian as Self - Interviewee |
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Matthias Wendlandt as Self - Interviewee |
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Brett Halsey as Self - Interviewee |
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Clemens Meyer as Self - Interviewee |
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Wolfgang M. Schmitt as Self - Interviewee |
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Christopher Barker as Self - Interviewee |
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Reiner Boller as Self - Interviewee |
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Elisabeth Bronfen as Self - Interviewee |
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Jan-Christopher Horak as Self - Interviewee |
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Joachim Gitt as Self - Interviewee |
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Karl Schlömer as Self - Interviewee |
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Kendall Old Elk as Self - Interviewee |
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Pierre Brice as als er selbst (archive footage) |
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Horst Wendlandt as als er selbst (archive footage) |
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Gergana Muskalla as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Andreas G. Wagner | Director |
| Writing | Andreas G. Wagner | Writer |
| Camera | Matthias Jim Günther | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ion Casado | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Holger Jung | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Wolf von Truchsess | Producer |
| Editing | Tom Weichenhain | Editor |
| Camera | Carlos Fuchs | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Patricia von Truchsess | Sound |
| Sound | Krystian Migotz | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Sabine Bubeck-Paaz | Commissioning Editor |
| Production | Hannah Altschuck | Producer |
| Production | Lisa-Marie Voß | Producer |
| Camera | Peter Reuther | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Lars Holzapfel | Sound |
| Sound | Deniz Schulzke | Sound |
