Potato Fritz

Potato Fritz
Directed byPeter Schamoni
Written byPaul Hengge
Produced byPeter Schröder
StarringHardy Krüger
Stephen Boyd
Anton Diffring
CinematographyJost Vacano
Wolf Wirth
Edited byPeter Schamoni
Music byUdo Jürgens
Production
companies
Eucent Film
Peter Schamoni Film
Distributed byJugendfilm-Verleih
Release date
  • 6 May 1976 (1976-05-06)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Potato Fritz is a 1976 West German comedy western film directed by Peter Schamoni and starring Hardy Krüger, Stephen Boyd and Anton Diffring. It was considered an unconventional western, partly due to be made by Schamoni who was associated with New German Cinema.[1] Location shooting took place in Spain. The film's sets were designed by the art director José María Tapiador.[2] It is also known by the alternative title Montana Trap.[3]

Synopsis

Potato Fritz is part of a group of German settlers in Montana, known for growing potatoes. An ambush on a gold shipment through the Rocky Mountains leads to tensions in the area and he and his friend Bill head for nearby Fort Benton.

Cast

References

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Weisser, Thomas. Spaghetti Westerns: The Good, the Bad and the Violent. McFarland, 2005.
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