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 the same cast.
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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 |
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
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