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Wild West in Upper Bavaria (1951)

Wild West in Upper Bavaria poster
Original title
Wildwest in Oberbayern
Directed by
Ferdinand Dörfler, Joe Stöckel
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A German comedy set in the countryside where locals get caught up in adventures inspired by American cowboy movies. The story mixes small-town life with slapstick and mistaken identities.

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What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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