Lex Barker - Westernheld und Playboy
2023•53m•8.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Andreas G. Wagner
Writer
Andreas G. Wagner
Languages
German, English, Italian
Studio
Westend Film & TV
Cast
Lex Barker
Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
Carmen G. Cervera
Self - Interviewee
Karen Kondazian
Self - Interviewee
Matthias Wendlandt
Self - Interviewee
Brett Halsey
Self - Interviewee
Clemens Meyer
Self - Interviewee
Wolfgang M. Schmitt
Self - Interviewee
Christopher Barker
Self - Interviewee
Reiner Boller
Self - Interviewee
Elisabeth Bronfen
Self - Interviewee
Jan-Christopher Horak
Self - Interviewee
Joachim Gitt
Self - Interviewee
Karl Schlömer
Self - Interviewee
Kendall Old Elk
Self - Interviewee
Pierre Brice
als er selbst (archive footage)
Production
Company
Westend Film & TV
Company
ZDF
Company
ARTE
Producer
Hannah Altschuck
Producer
Wolf von Truchsess
Producer
Lisa-Marie Voß
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