“The Wild and the Tame West”

 

Der wilde und der zahme Westen – German title

O'Henry erzählt – German title

[The Wild and the Tame West – English translated title]

 

A 1974-1977 German television production [Westdeutsches Werbefernsehen (WWF)

     (Berlin)]

Producer:

Director: Uli Edel, Hajo Gies, Rudolf Jugert

Story: O. Henry (William Sidney Porter)

Teleplay:

Photography: [color]

Music:

Running time: 10 x 25 minutes

 

Story: Humorous stories from the Wild West, e.g. the story about Tramp Dick, who gets a job as a reward from a farm he warned of a robbery. But because he would then have to work a lot, he quickly leaves.

 

Cast:

Aileen - Ingeborg Schöner

Guest - Joachim Wichmann

Young Dandy - Frithjof Vierock

Helen - Britta Fischer

Derring - Dieter B. Gerlach (Dieter Brian Gerlach)

Tramper Dick – Herbert Fux

With: Christian Kohlund, Christine Buchegger, Pedro Müller, Rudolf Fernau (Andreas Neuberger)

 

Ep:  01: Tildy (11/02/74)

St: O Henry [William Sidney Porter]: The Brief Debut of Tildy (1906)

C: Ingeborg Schöner (Aileen) & Joachim Wichmann (The Local Guest)

Ep: 02: Ein Weihnachtsfest nach Wunsch / ‘A Christmas as You Wish’ 12/23/74)

St: O Henry [William Sidney Porter]

Ep: 03: Die Dritte Zutat / ‘The Third Ingredient’ (01//11/75)

St: O Henry [William Sidney Porter]

Ep: 04: Der Hellebardier vom Kleinen Rheinschloss / 'The Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss' [?] (02/08/75)

St: O Henry [William Sidney Porter]: The Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss

C: Britta Fischer (Helen), Dieter B. Gerlach (Derring) & Frithjof Vierock (Young Dandy)

Ep: 05: Schachmatt um Sieben / ‘Checkmate at Seven’ (07/03/75)

St: O Henry [William Sidney Porter]

Ep: 06: Liebesgeschichte eines vielbeschäftigten Börsenmaklers / ‘Love Story of a Busy Stockbroker’

St: O Henry [William Sidney Porter]: The Romance of a Busy Broker

Ep: 07: Der Weihnachtsstrumpf / ‘The Christmas Stocking’ (1975)

St: O Henry [William Sidney Porter]: Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking (1909)

C: Herbert Fux (Whistling Dick, tramp),

Syn: Tramp Dick, is given a job as a reward for warning a farmer of a robbery. But then realises he would then have to work a lot: he quickly packs up and leaves.

Ep: 08: Die Zuständige Stelle / ‘The Competent Authority’ (1975)

St: O Henry [William Sidney Porter]

Ep: 09: Eine Story, die Keine ist / ‘A Story That Isn't a Story’

St: O Henry [William Sidney Porter]: No Story [?]

EP: 10: Kurier des Herzens / ‘Courier of the Heart’ (08/1/77?)

St: O Henry [William Sidney Porter]: By Courier [?]

C: Christine Buchegger, Christian Kohlund & Pedro Muller

Submitted by Michael Ferguson