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Wild Kurdistan (1965)

Wild Kurdistan poster
Original title
Durchs wilde Kurdistan
Directed by
Franz Josef Gottlieb
Genre
adventure film
Country
Germany, Spain
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
6
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A German adventurer travels to Kurdistan to help a local leader against a villain. The film is based on a Karl May novel and was shot in Spain.

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What happens

Wild Kurdistan (German: Durchs wilde Kurdistan) is a 1965 Spanish-West German adventure film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Lex Barker, Marie Versini and Ralf Wolter. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location in Andalusia. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Ernst Schomer. It is an adaptation of the 1892 novel of the same tile by Karl May. It was followed by the sequel Kingdom of the Silver Lion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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