Apache Gold (German: Winnetou, later retitled to Winnetou – 1. Teil), also known as Winnetou the Warrior, is a 1963 Western film directed by Harald Reinl. It is based on the story of Winnetou, a fictional Native-American Apache hero from the Winnetou series of German novels. It was a major commercial success, selling about 77 million tickets at the worldwide box office.
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Croatia, then part of Yugoslavia, near the city of Zadar. The film's sets were designed by art director Vladimir Tadej.
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Santer and his gang are after the Apache Gold. They intrude Apache land and intercept a courier named Black Eagle. The young warrior is killed as the outlaws attempt to extract information from him.
Meanwhile, the young chartered surveyor Charlie aka "Old Shatterhand" discovers that the Great Western Railway commits a breach of valid contracts by taking a shortcut through Apache land. He is told that certain geological complications would leave the company no other choice, but he finds these allegations to be a pretext to save money even at the costs of lives.
