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 substantially the same cast.

The Pyramid of the Sun God
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	CCC Film Avala Film Franco London Films
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	17 April 1965 (1965-04-17)
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

• The Treasure of the Aztecs (1965)
• Karl May films

References

1. Bergfelder p.188

Bibliography

• Bergfelder, Tim. International Adventures: German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions in the 1960s. Berghahn Books, 2005.

External links

• The Pyramid of the Sun God at IMDb