# The best Karl May films

Pierre Brice as Winnetou, Lex Barker as Old Shatterhand and the Croatian landscapes: the 1960s Karl May films, from The Treasure of the Silver Lake to the Orient adventures, according to the Moviejones ranking and the Karl May Wiki's film list.

- 5 votes · 13 items
- Jan 28, 2025 · frankfurtbuecherwurm
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## Top 13

1. **The Treasure of the Silver Lake (1962)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Harald Reinl. The start of the wave, with over twelve million admissions.
2. **Winnetou 1. Teil (1963)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Harald Reinl. How Old Shatterhand and Winnetou become blood brothers.
3. **Winnetou 2. Teil (1964)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Harald Reinl. Peace between settlers and tribes under threat.
4. **Der Ölprinz (1965)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Harald Philipp. A settlers' wagon train and an oil swindler.
5. **Winnetou 3. Teil (1965)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Harald Reinl. Winnetou's death.
6. **Old Shatterhand (1964)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hugo Fregonese. A dark Western about land seizure and war.
7. **Old Surehand 1. Teil (1965)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alfred Vohrer. Surehand hunts his brother's killer.
8. **Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi (1966)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Harald Philipp. Gold and greed in a mountain valley.
9. **Winnetou und sein Freund Old Firehand (1966)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alfred Vohrer. Rod Cameron as Old Firehand.
10. **Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten (1968)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Harald Reinl. The last film of the classic series.
11. **Der Schut (1964)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Robert Siodmak. Kara Ben Nemsi in the Balkans.
12. **Durchs wilde Kurdistan (1965)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Franz Josef Gottlieb. Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadji Halef Omar in the Orient.
13. **Unter Geiern (1964)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Alfred Vohrer. Stewart Granger as Old Surehand for the first time.

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