Wild West in Upper Bavaria

Wild West in Upper Bavaria
Directed byFerdinand Dörfler
Written byCurt Hanno Gutbrod
Ludwig Schmid-Wildy
Produced byFerdinand Dörfler
StarringJoe Stöckel
Margarete Haagen
Renate Mannhardt
CinematographyJosef Illig
Franz Koch
Edited byErwin Niecke
Music byArthur Schanze
Production
company
Dörfler-Filmproduktion
Distributed byAllianz Filmverleih
Release date
  • 11 October 1951 (1951-10-11)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Wild West in Upper Bavaria (German: Wildwest in Oberbayern) is a 1951 West German comedy film directed by Ferdinand Dörfler and starring Joe Stöckel, Margarete Haagen and Renate Mannhardt.[1][2] It was shot at the Schwanthalerhöh Studios in Munich and on location in the valley of the Isar. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder.[3]

Synopsis

A Berlin-based film company sends a film crew out to Upper Bavaria to film a western in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps, taking over the home of Alois Salvermoser, the innkeeper in a small village. The villagers are cast in roles in the film, including Alois as Chief Wild Buffalo, causing total chaos.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Drexl p.162
  2. ^ Schulz p.85
  3. ^ "Wildwest in Oberbayern". filmportal.de. Retrieved 2026-03-22.

Bibliography

  • Drexl, Cindy. Faszination Wilder Westen: Living History im Kosmos des Münchner Cowboy-Clubs. Waxmann Verlag, 2022.
  • Schulz, Günter. Ausländische Spiel- und abendfüllende Dokumentarfilme in den Kinos der SBZ/DDR, 1945–1966. Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, 2001.


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