German film producer Matthias Wendlandt died unexpectedly on May 29th in Los Angeles during in business trip. He was 73. Matthias was the son of film producer Horst Wendlandt. He studied medicine at the Free University of Berlin and earned a doctorate. In 1987, he joined his father's company and produced his first feature film, which was released in 1989. In 1994, he produced the western “The Troublemaker” with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. Together with his son Felix, he produced the television miniseries ‘Winnetou – The Myth Lives’. Since the death of his father on August 30, 2002, Wendlandt has continued his father's film production company Rialto Film together with his son. He has been managing director of the company since 2010.Essentially, Rialto Film limits itself to the exploitation of the existing film stock. Matthias leaves a wife Rosi and two grown children Felix and Laura. Matthias was a producer on 1994's "Troublemakers" with Terence Hill and Bud Spencer and the 2016 TV mini-series 'Winnetou: The Myth Lives". He also appeared in a half-dozen documentaries regarding his father and the German westerns.
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