Preminuo je Pierre Brice, glumac koji je tumačio Winnetoua

Popularni Winnetou je preminuo u 87. godini

(dpa) - The French actor Pierre Brice stands in front of a poster showing him as 'Winnetou', the chief of the Indian tribe, the apaches, at the current 'Winnetou' exhibition at the Film Museum in Frankfurt, Germany, 25 April 2003. Brice played 'Winnetou' for the first time in 1962 in 'Treasure of Silver Lake'. The exhibition entitled 'Winnetou und sein roter Bruder - Indianerfilme in der BRD und der DDR' (Winnetou and his red brother - western film productions in the FRG and GDR) is dedicated to the famous Red Indian Winnetou of the western books by Karl May. At the museum, the differences and similarities in the history and mode of production of these western adaptations in former East and West Germany are shown. The exhibition opens on 12 March 2003 and will last until 31 August 2003.
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Francuski glumac Pierre Brice najpoznatiji po ulozi apaškog poglavice Winnetoua u njemačkim filmovima po romanima Karla Maya, umro je u 86 godini, priopćio je u subotu njegov odvjetnik..

Brice je u 11 western filmova glumio izmišljenog indijanskog poglavicu Mescalero Apaša Winnetoua, a u filmovima su bijele junake glumili Lex Barker, Stewart Granger i Rod Cameron.

Deset filmova o Winnetou njemački su filmaši u koprodukciji s Jadran filmom snimili u Hrvatskoj od 1962. do 1968. na terenima Paklenice, Plitvičkih jezera i Krke, Velebita, kanjona Zrmanje i Vrlike.