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Sequel:

Pyramid of the Sun God

Original title

Der Schatz der Aztekenaka

AKA

Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

Year

1965

Running time

101 min.

Country

Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Director

Robert Siodmak

Screenwriter

Ladislas Fodor, Georg Marischka, Robert A. Stemmle. Novel: Karl May

Cast

Music

Erwin Halletz

Cinematography

Siegfried Hold

Producer

Co-production Germany - West Germany (FRG)-France-Italy;

CCC Filmproduktion, Avala Film, Franco London Films

Genre

Adventure. Western | Spaghetti Western. 19th Century

Movie Groups

Karl May Adaptations

Synopsis

Dr. Karl Sternau, 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 to the nationalist Mexican president Benito Juarez. 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, whose son and heir conde Alfonso is a gambling squanderer...

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The Treasure of the Aztecs

1965

Robert Siodmak