Rent The Treasure of the Aztecs / The Pyramid of the Sun God (1965)
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3h 23min
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- Synopsis:
The writer Karl May is a household name in his native Germany, where he is associated with thrilling Western tales and sweeping adventure stories. Following earlier attempts to bring his novels to the screen, films adapted from May's work found their greatest success in the 1960s.
The Treasure of the Aztecs (1965)Dr. Karl Sternau (Lex Barker), the personal physician of the count Bismarck, who spent much of his youth in Mexico, is sent back to that country during the occupation by French troops in the service of the Austrian 'Emperor' Maximilian, to carry an encouraging letter from U.S. President Lincoln (Jeff Corey) to the nationalist Mexican president Benito Juarez (Fausto Tozzi). It's good news, but there's no cash- both men wonder whether that's to be found in the legendary treasure of the Aztecs (hence the German title), the whereabouts of which an ancient priest has just disclosed to the female heiress of the Aztec imperial family. Meanwhile they turn for - promised - support to Mexico's largest landowner, whose laborers are all Aztec descendants, count Don Fernando de Rodriganda y Sevilla (Gérard Barray), whose son and heir conde Alfonso is a gambling squanderer...
The Pyramid of the Sun God (1965)
Mexico, 1864. The country is divided by the struggle against the French occupation and emperor Maximilian. The German doctor Karl Sternau (Lex Barker) and his friend Andreas Hasenpfeffer (Ralf Wolter) come to love the country and support the cause of the proud Mexicans, so the Republican cause finally turns out to be victorious.- Actors:
- Lex Barker, Gérard Barray, Rik Battaglia, Michèle Girardon, Alessandra Panaro, Teresa Lorca, Fausto Tozzi, Hans Nielsen, Gustavo Rojo, Kelo Henderson, Jean-Roger Caussimon, Friedrich von Ledebur, Jeff Corey, Antun Nalis, Djordje Nenadovic, Ralf Wolter, Mirko Kujacic, Milivoje Popovic-Mavid, Branimir Tori Jankovic, Fulvija Irvermizzi
- Directors:
- Robert Siodmak
- Producers:
- Artur Brauner, Götz Dieter Wulf
- Writers:
- Karl May, Ladislas Fodor, Robert A. Stemmle, Georg Marischka, Paul Jarrico
- Aka:
- Mercenaries of the Rio Grande (Der Schatz der Azteken) / Shoot (Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes)
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
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- Release Date:
- 27/04/2026
- Run Time:
- 203 minutes
- Languages:
- German
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Technicolor
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New introductions to each film by Sir Christopher Frayling, author of Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone
- New audio commentaries on 'The Treasure of the Aztecs' by film historian David Kalat
- Karl May at CCC - new interview with producer Alice Brauner, managing director of CCC Film and daughter of CCC founder Artur Brauner
- Prodigal Son - new interview with film historian Sheldon Hall on the late career of Robert Siodmak
- Archival interview with Bernhard Schmid, co-editor and contributor to Karl May Verlag
- Original theatrical trailer
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