Movie Description
Lex Barker - Westernheld und Playboy
(2023)Overview
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
- Director : Andreas G. Wagner
- Producer : Wolf von Truchsess,Hannah Altschuck,Lisa-Marie Voß
- Writer : Andreas G. Wagner
- Editor : Tom Weichenhain
- Cast : Lex Barker,Carmen G. Cervera,Karen Kondazian,Matthias Wendlandt,Brett Halsey,Clemens Meyer,Wolfgang M. Schmitt,Christopher Barker,Reiner Boller,Elisabeth Bronfen,Jan-Christopher Horak,Joachim Gitt,Karl Schlömer,Kendall Old Elk,Pierre Brice,Horst Wendlandt,Gergana Muskalla
Cast
Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
Self - Interviewee
als er selbst (archive footage)
als er selbst (archive footage)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Recommendations
Fiddler on the Roof
7.689
R.O.T.O.R.
4.6
The Gorgon
6.3
Return
6.655
Death Wish II
6.259
Hostage
6.339
Teen Witch
6.1
One Eight Seven
6.6
Facts
Original TitleLex Barker - Westernheld und Playboy
Status Released
Release Information
-
2023-10-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 00h 53m
Production CompaniesWestend Film & TV,ZDF,ARTE
Genres
- Documentary
- TV Movie