Lex Barker - Westernheld und Playboy

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Lex Barker

Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)

Age : 54 | Popularity : 15%

Carmen G. Cervera

Self - Interviewee

Age : 81 | Popularity : 6%

Karen Kondazian

Self - Interviewee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Matthias Wendlandt

Self - Interviewee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Brett Halsey

Self - Interviewee

Age : 90 | Popularity : 5%

Clemens Meyer

Self - Interviewee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Wolfgang M. Schmitt

Self - Interviewee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Christopher Barker

Self - Interviewee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Crew	Commissioning Editor	Sabine Bubeck-Paaz
Production	Producer	Wolf von Truchsess Hannah Altschuck Lisa-Marie Voß
Camera	Director of Photography	Peter Reuther Matthias Jim Günther Ion Casado Carlos Fuchs
Sound	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Holger Jung
	Sound	Lars Holzapfel Deniz Schulzke Patricia von Truchsess
	Original Music Composer	Krystian Migotz
Editing	Editor	Tom Weichenhain
Directing	Director	Andreas G. Wagner
Writing	Writer	Andreas G. Wagner
Department	Role	Name

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