Pierre Brice, inconnu du cinema francais – French title
Winnetou darf nicht sterben – German title
Pierre Brice, the Famous French Film Unknown – English
title
A 2006 French, German co-production [Ere Production, ARTE France, France 3 Alsace, (Paris),
Movieman Productions (Munich), NDR (Hamburg)]
Arte GEIE, Ere Productions (Berlin)]
Producers: Christian Mozinger, Hans-Jürgen Panitz
Director: Oliver Schwehm
Screenplay: Oliver Schwehm
Photography: Oliver Schwehm [color]
Music: Klimperei
Running time: 52 minutes
Cast:
Pierre Brice (Pierre Le Bris), Rik Battaglia (Caterino
Bertaglia), Marie-José Nat (Marie-Jose Benhalassa), Marie Versini, Damiano
Damiani, Mario Adorf, Michael Petzel, Christopher Barker, Vince Froehly (Vincent
Froehly), Christiane Krüger
A legend on the other side of the Rhine, Pierre Brice is
unknown on this side! In France, his resemblance to Alain Delon may have
overshadowed his cinema films. But in Germany, he is more famous than Claudia
Schiffer.
Born in Brest in 1929, Pierre-Louis Le Bris made a timid
debut in “Ça va barder” by John Berry in 1955, then turns in “Le Miroir à deux
faces de Cayatte” and “Les Tricheurs de Carné”, alongside new comers Jean-Paul
Belmondo, Laurent Terzieff and Jacques Charrier.
Aware that the competition between the young players will
be tough, he sets out to try his luck in Italy and Spain. In 1962, he was
spotted by a German producer who wanted to adapt the adventures of Winnetou,
imagined by novelist Kark May. Pierre Brice learns his role phonetically and
keeps his charming French accent. It gives the Apache Chief an exotic side that
seduces the crowds. Henceforth, his portrait and the posters of his films will
be placed in the rooms of all German teenagers ...
This tender and funny portrait leaves a lot to Pierre
Brice who explains why the character of Winnetou is liked so much by the
Germans and how it was difficult for him to play any other roles.
His life is marked by the eleven adapted adventures of
the works of Karl May, by the TV series inspired by the hero (including
Winnetou the Mescalero, 7x52mn, directed by Marcel Camus for Antenne 2) and the
Return of Winnetou released in 1998!
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C4taLOkN_4
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