Spaghetti Western Director ~ Günter Hendel
Günter Hendel was a German actor, director, and
screenwriter known for his work in erotic and exploitation films during the
late 1960s and 1970s. Born on December 22, 1922, in Kolberg, Pomerania,
Germany, Hendel pursued a career in the German film industry, initially as an
actor before expanding into directing and writing. He often worked under the
pseudonym Robert S. Gordon and is particularly associated with a series of
adult-oriented comedies and dramas that characterized West German sexploitation
cinema of the era.
Hendel directed and appeared in several notable titles,
including “So viel nackte Zärtlichkeit” (1968), “Graf Porno und seine Mädchen”
(1969), “Graf Porno und die liebesdurstigen Töchter” (1969), and “Ein langer
Ritt nach Eden” (1971). His films typically featured explicit themes and were
part of the prolific wave of erotic productions in Germany during that period.
He remained active into the late 1970s before retiring from filmmaking.
Hendel died on January 16, 2018, in Munich, Bavaria,
Germany at the age of 95.
As mentioned above Hendel directed one Euro-western, “Ein
langer Ritt nach Eden” (A Long Ride from Eden) in 1971.
HENDEL, Günter (aka Robert S.
Gordon, Günther Hendel, Randolph Hendel) [12/22/1922, Kolberg, Prussia, German
Reich – 1/16/2018. Munich, Bavaria, Germany] – producer, director, writer,
composer, actor.
A Long Ride from
Eden – 1971
Spaghetti Western
Screenwriter ~ Massimo D’Avack
Massimo D'Avak
is/was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote stories and screenplay for thirteen
films between 1964 and 1975. I can find no biographical information on him.
Massimo D’Avack
wrote screenplays for two Spaghetti westerns “Sledge” (A Man Called Sledge)
with Vic Morrow and Frank Kowalski in 1970 and “
La spina dorsale del
diavolo” (The Deserter) with Stuart J. Byrne, William H. James and Clair
Huffaker in 1971
D’AVACK, Massimo (aka Massimo
D'Avack) [Italian] – author, writer.
A Man Called Sledge
– 1970 (co)
The Deserter – 1971 (co)
Spaghetti Western
Cinematographer ~ Sergio Martinelli
Sergio Martinelli
is/was an Italian cinematographer and cameraman who worked on over 60 films
between 1960 and 2021. Thirteen of those were as a cinematographer. He started out as an assistant to Augusto Tiezzi and most likely his son Sergio Martinelli co-operates StudioEmme a Rome based audo-visual postproduction facility founded in 1982.
Sergio Martinelli was a co-cinematographer and
cameraman on one Spaghetti western “Due croci a Danger Pass” (Two Crosses at
Danger Pass) with Emilio Foriscot in 1967. As a cameraman Sergio worked on “Per
un pugno nell'occhio” (A Fistful of Knuckles) and “Adios Gringo” both in 1965,
“Le colt cantarono le morte e fu tempo di massacre” (The Brute and the Beast)
and “La più grande rapina del west” (The Greatest Robbery in the West) both in
1966, “Joe! Cercati un posto per morire” (Find a Place to Die) in 1968 “I
quattro del pater noster” (In the Name of the Father), “E Dio disse a Caino…”
(And God Said to Cain) both in 1969, and “L'oro dei bravado” (Chapaqua’s Gold),
(Apocalypse Joe) in 1970, “Era Sam Wallash!... lo chiamavano... E Così Sia”
(Savage Guns), “Acquasanta Joe” (Holy Water Joe) “¡Viva la muerte... tua!”
(Long Live… Your Death) all in 1971
MARTINELLI, Sergio (aka Serge Dawson,
Sandy Martin, Sam Martinez) [Brazilian] – cinematographer, cameraman.
Adios Gringo – 1965
[cameraman]
A Fistful of
Knuckles – 1965 [cameraman]
The Brute and the
Beast – 1966 [cameraman]
The Greatest Robbery
in the West – 1966 [cameraman]
Two Crosses at
Danger Pass – 1967 (co) [cinematographer, cameram]
Find a Place to Die
- in 1968 [cameraman]
And God Said to
Cain) – 1969 [cameraman]
In the Name of the
Father – 1969 [cameraman]
Apocalypse Joe –
1970 – 1970 [cameraman]
Chapaqua’s Gold –
1970 [cameraman]
Holy Water Joe –
1971 [cameraman]
Long Live… Your
Death – 1971 [cameraman]
Savage Guns - 1971
[cameraman]
[Thanks to Michael Ferguson for the additional information.]
