The Pyramid of the Sun God
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, Gérard Barray and Michèle Girardon. It is based on a book by Karl May, and was part of a boom of Karl May adaptations during the decade.[1] It follows on from The Treasure of the Aztecs (1965), also directed by Siodmak and featuring the same cast.
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| Directed by | Robert Siodmak | 
| Written by | Karl May (novel) Ladislas Fodor Georg Marischka Robert A. Stemmle  | 
| Produced by | Artur Brauner Götz Dieter Wulf  | 
| Starring | Lex Barker Gérard Barray Michèle Girardon  | 
| Cinematography | Siegfried Hold | 
| Edited by | Walter Wischniewsky | 
| Music by | Erwin Halletz | 
Production companies  | |
| Distributed by | Gloria Film | 
Release date  | 17 April 1965 | 
Running time  | 102 minutes | 
| Countries | France Italy West Germany Yugoslavia  | 
| Language | German | 
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
 - Michèle Girardon as Josefa Cortejo
 - Gérard 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
    
    
References
    
- Bergfelder p.188
 
Bibliography
    
- Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.
 
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