Count Bobby, The Terror of The Wild West

Count Bobby, The Terror of The Wild West (German: Graf Bobby, der Schrecken des wilden Westens) is a 1966 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Peter Alexander, Olga Schoberová and Gunther Philipp. It was the last in a trilogy of films featuring the character Count Bobby.[1] It drew some inspiration from the ongoing series of Karl May film adaptations set in the Wild West.

Count Bobby, The Terror of The Wild West
Directed byPaul Martin
Produced byMihajlo Rasic
Karl Schwetter
Written byRobert Oxford
Kurt Nachmann
StarringPeter Alexander
Olga Schoberová
Gunther Philipp
Music byHeinz Gietz
CinematographySepp Ketterer
Edited byArnfried Heyne
Production
company
Sascha Film
Avala Film
Distributed byOmnia Deutsche Film
Release date
5 January 1966
Running time
92 minutes
CountryAustria
Yugoslavia
LanguageGerman

The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff. It was shot at studios in Belgrade, and on location around Yugoslavia which stood in for the American west as it frequently did in German films of the decade.

Synopsis

An impoverished Viennese aristocrat inherits an estate in Arizona and travels out hoping that it is a lucrative gold mine.

Cast

References

  1. von Dassanowsky p.190

Bibliography

  • Robert von Dassanowsky. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.
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