Tribute to Lex Barker
Books and movies
On this site I've collected something available I found about Lex Barker. The books are written in German and I think they are not available in English, but nevertheless most of them are worth being bought because of their wonderful pictures. Some DVDs do only have the German version, which is a pity not only to foreign collectors, but some DVDs are available both German and English. The CD is original of course ... ;-)
The following collection is surely not complete, and I can't guarantee the mentioned topics to be available, but they are offered at the time. There surely are some other firms who offer the same topics, we do not want to favour special companies.
I appreciate suggestions and additional hints to this list at any time! Just send me a mail! I want to thank everybody who helped keeping this list timely by sending information!
Hint: Some Karl-May movies have been released in May 2005 with English version, too! For more information see below.
Last updated: 06-27-2010
Now here they are:
Books
New edition! Lex Barker - Die illustrierte
Biographie
The new edition of Reiner Boller's Lex Barker biography will be released by Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf-Verlag in September 2010! (German Language only) A must for all Lex Barker fans and friends! Don't fail to buy this book! The new edition will contain new interviews with contemporaries, new pics and other stuff.
This book doesn't replace Arild Rafalzik's biography because they
contain some different pictures and stories.
Mr. Old Shatterhand. Sein Leben - Seine Filme
Ok, all books that we are going to introduce here are written in German. They are well worth their weight in gold though, even if you're unable to speak German. Arilds biography is filled with nice pictures and Lex Barkers lifestory.
Seems to be out of print.
Von Tarzan bis Old Shatterhand / Lex Barker und
seine Filme
This is mainly filled with pics and posters and movie stills from Lex Barker. An eye-candy store for every Barker fan.
Seems to be out of print.
Now at last something
for our english speaking visitors: Karl May Books in English!
Nemsi Books publishes English translations of Karl-May books.
Karl-May books in English, translated by Marlies Bugmann of the Australian Friends of Karl May are available for example at amazon.com.
Lots of stuff about Lex
Barker and / or Karl May Films and books are available here:
Die SCHATULLE
Ekkehard Bartsch
Antiquariat und Versandbuchhandlung
Riihimäkistrasse 32
Postfach 1122
23781 BAD SEGEBERG
Tel.: (04551) 1422
It's worthwhile to look
at ebay, or at amazon marketplace, too!
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN-No. | Annotations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New edition: Lex Barker - die illustrierte Biographie | Reiner Boller/ Christina Böhme |
Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf-Verlag | 978-3-89602-908-9 | Description |
| Lex Barker - die offizielle Biographie | Reiner Boller/ Christina Böhme |
Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf-Verlag | 3-89602-444-2 | As important as Arild's Biography! Description |
| Lex Barker "Mr. Old Shatterhand" - Sein Leben - Seine Filme |
Arild Rafalzik | Filmland Presse München | 3-88 690-200-5 | Wonderful biography, a must for fans! Description |
| Von Tarzan bis Old Shatterhand Lex Barker und seine Filme |
Manfred Christ | Günter Albert Ulmer Verlag, Tuningen | 3-924191-81-6 | More than just a filmography, lots of great pics! Description |
| Karl-May-Filmbuch | Michael Petzel | Karl May Verlag | 3-7802-0153-4 | 2nd edition with a lot of additinal material! Very interesting book with lots of details about the making of the "Karl-May-movies" of the sixties, with bios and many pics, very recommendable! |
| Der Weg zum Silbersee | Michael Petzel | Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf-Verlag | 3-89602-358-6 | Sets and shooting of the Karl-May movies in a colorful pictured book! About 280 pages and 300 photos! |
| Karl-May-Stars | Michael Petzel | Karl May Verlag | 3-7802-0162-3 | Portraits of the main actors and a lot of so far unknown pics! |
| Das große Karl-May-Buch Sein Leben-Seine Bücher, seine Filme |
Jörg Kastner | Bastei Lübbe Paperback | 3-404-28206-X | Short biography of Karl May, the main part of the book tells all about the movies - the old ones, too. Interesting! Out of print, try ebay! |
| Das große Album der Karl-May-Filme Bd. 1 | Editor: Michael Petzel | Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf-Verlag | 3-89602-469-8 | Most impressiv huge film strip! |
| Das große Album der Karl-May-Filme Bd. 2 | Editor: Michael Petzel | Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf-Verlag | 3-89602-479-5 | Most impressiv huge film strip! |
| Old Shatterhand - Filmbildband | Michael Petzel | Karl May Verlag | 3-7802-3013-5 | Like the movie film strips of the 60ies. |
| Das Western-Lexikon 1567 Filme von 1894 bis heute |
Joe Hembus | Heyne Filmbibliothek | 3-453-08121-8 | New edition by Benjamin Hembus. Essential for Western-Fans (deals only with films that ran in Germany); contains all western movies with Lex Barker that were shown in Germany (cinema or TV) and all Karl-May-movies that take place in the Wild West. Out of print? |
| TARZAN UND HOLLYWOOD | Reiner Boller, Julian Lesser | Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf-Verlag | 3-89602-499-X | About Sol Lessers Tarzan movies and life of Johnny Weissmueller, with about 50 pages about Lex and some great new pictures, in German |
| Brad Harris - "Ein amerikanischer Bayer" | Reiner Boller | Gryphon Verlag | 3-937800-55-7 | Contains anecdotes about Lex Barker and "Mister Dynamit - Morgen küßt Euch der Tod", where Brad played "Cliff". |
| Das große Album der Karl-May-Filme - special edition | Editor: Michael Petzel | Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf-Verlag | 978-3896027276 | Limited edition, every book autographed by Marie Versini. |
DVDs
Additionally to the beyond mentioned DVDs there are a lot of collections or boxes with Lex Barker films in different combinations with other movies (cloak and dagger, western, adventure...) which change so often that I can't mention them.
Please note: I don't list videos anymore!
Please
note: PAL format will probably not play on U.S. DVD players (maybe on computers). DVDs in PAL format are generally
region code 2, which will not play on U.S. DVD players!
Infos on film formats
in general and especially the Barker-DVDs!
| Title | Year | language | PAL/NTSC | Format (approx.) |
Annotations | Offered by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Movies: | ||||||
| Wenn du bei mir bist | 1970 | German | DVD-PAL | 16:9 | amazon.de, jpc.de | |
| Aoom | 1969 | Hispanic | DVD-PAL | 16:9 | "Aoom" and new movie "El Genio Tranquilo" together with book about director Gonzalo Suaréz | No German seller. Can be ordered for example at www.ochoymedio.com |
| Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten | 1968 | German | DVD-PAL | Together with "Old Shatterhand" in the "Shatterhand box" | amazon.de | |
| The Castle of the Walking Dead | 1967 | German English |
DVD-PAL | 16:9 | There is an interview with Lex as additional material.There are different DVD versions, among them NTSC format DVDs, available. | amazon.de |
| Woman Times Seven | 1967 | English/ German |
DVD-PAL | 4:3 | English and German | amazon.de |
| Le Carnaval des Barbouzes | 1966 | German | DVD-PAL | 16:9 | amazon.de, jpc.de | |
| Half Breed | 1966 | German/ English | DVD-PAL | 2,35:1 | In Collectors Box 1, see below | amazon.de |
| Wer kennt Jonny R.? | 1966 | German | DVD-PAL | 16:9 | Together with A Place called Glory in "Lex-Barker-Collection-Box" (2 DVDs) | amazon.de |
| The Desperado Trail | 1965 | German | DVD-PAL | 2,35:1 | In Collectors Box 3, see below | amazon.de |
| Im Reich des silbernen Löwen | 1965 | German | DVD-PAL | 2,35:1 | In DVD box together with "Der Schut" and "Durchs wilde Kurdistan" | amazon.de |
| Durchs wilde Kurdistan | 1965 | German | DVD-PAL | 2,35:1 | In DVD box together with "Der Schut" and "Im Reich des Silbernen Löwen" | amazon.de |
| A Place called Glory | 1965 | German | DVD-PAL | 16:9 | Together with "Wer kennt Jonny R.?" in "Lex-Barker-Collection-Box" (2 DVDs)! | amazon.de, jpc.de |
| Twenty-Four Hours to Kill | 1965 | English | DVD-NTSC | 4:3 | amazon.com | |
| Pyramid of the Sun God | 1965 | German | DVD-PAL | Together with "Schatz der Azteken" in "Mexiko-Box" | amazon.de | |
| Treasure of the Aztecs | 1965 | German | DVD-PAL | Together with "Pyramide des Sonnengottes" in "Mexiko-Box" | amazon.de | |
| Last of the Renegades | 1964 | German/ English | DVD-PAL | 2,35:1 | In Collectors Box 3, see below | amazon.de |
| Der Schut | 1964 | German | DVD-PAL | 2,35:1 | As DVD box together with "Durchs wilde Kurdistan" and "Im Reich des Silbernen Löwen" | amazon.de |
| Code 7, Victim 5 / Table Bay | 1964 | German | DVD-NTSC | 4:3 | Full Screen, which means 4:3 format, pretty poor quality. On German TV the format is 2,35:1. | amazon.com |
| Old Shatterhand | 1963 | German | DVD-PAL | 2,35:1 | On DVD in "Shatterhand"-Box together with "Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten" | amazon.de, jpc.de |
| Apache Gold | 1963 | German/ English | DVD-PAL | 2,35:1 | In Karl-May-Collector's Box 3, see unten | amazon.de |
| Il Boia di Venezia | 1963 | German | DVD-PAL | 16:9 | amazon.de | |
| Treasure of Silver Lake | 1962 | German/ English | DVD-PAL | 2,35:1 | In Collectors Box 1, see below | amazon.de |
| Die unsichtbaren Krallen des Dr. Mabuse | 1962 | German | DVD-PAL | 16:9 | On DVD in Mabuse-Box by Universum with 6 films, among them both Barker films! | amazon.de, jpc.de |
| Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse | 1961 | German | DVD-PAL | 16:9 | On DVD in Mabuse box by Universum with 6 films, among them both Barker films | amazon.de, jpc.de |
| Il Segreto dello Sparviero Nero | 1961 | German | DVD-PAL | 2,35:1 | amazon.de | |
| Robin Hood e i Pirati | 1960 | German | DVD-PAL | 16:9 | amazon.de, jpc.de | |
| I Pirati della Costa | 1960 | German | DVD-PAL | 16:9 | amazon.de | |
| Il Cavaliere dei Cento Volti | 1960 | German | DVD-PAL | 16:9 | amazon.de | |
| El Secreto de los Hombres Azules | 1960 | German | DVD-PAL | 4:3 | DEFA TV dubbing | amazon.de |
| La Scimitarra del Saraceno | 1959 | German | DVD-PAL | 16:9 | amazon.de, jpc.de | |
| La Dolce Vita | 1959 | Italian | DVD-PAL | Import from Great Britain, Italian with English subtitles | amazon.de | |
| Away All Boats | 1956 | German/ English | DVD-PAL | 4:3 | amazon.de, jpc.de | |
| La Vendetta dei Thugs | 1954 | Italian | DVD-PAL | amazon.de | ||
| Battles of Chief Pontiac | 1952 | English | DVD-NTSC | 4:3 | jpc.de | |
| Tarzan movies | 1949 | English | DVD-NTSC | 4:3 | All Tarzan movies have been released in USA by Warner on DVD! | see Warner shop. |
| Return of the Bad Men | 1948 | English | DVD-NTSC | 4:3 | Available at Warner Archives | |
| Mr. Blandings builds his Dream House | 1948 | English | DVD-NTSC | 4:3 | amazon.com | |
| Mr. Blandings builds his Dream House | 1948 | German/ English | DVD-PAL | 4:3 | To be released on July 1st 2010 in Cary-Grant box 3. | |
| Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome | 1947 | English | DVD-NTSC | 4:3 | amazon.com | |
| Under The Tonto Rim | 1947 | English | DVD-PAL | Together with "Sunset Pass", also available at amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Under The Tonto Rim | 1947 | English | DVD-NTSC | 4:3 | amazon.com | |
| Crossfire | 1947 | English | DVD-NTSC | 4:3 | amazon.com | |
| Unconquered | 1947 | English | DVD-NTSC | 4:3 | amazon.com | |
| Doll Face | 1945 | English | DVD-NTSC | 4:3 | amazon.com | |
| Guest appearances and TV series: | ||||||
| Night Gallery, ep. "The Waiting Room" | 1972 | English | DVD-NTSC | 4:3 | Complete season Two of "Night Gallery", containing 5 DVDs, so it's pretty expensive. The episode with Lex Barker "The Waiting Room" is the 51st episode. | amazon.com |
| It Takes a Thief, ep. "The King of Thieves" | 1969 | German | DVD-PAL | 4:3 | This series will be released in July 30th 2010, starting with the 1. season. So it will take some time until Lex' episode (3rd season) will be there. I don't know yet wether the release will be only German or in English, too. | amazon.de |
| Tales of Tomorrow, ep. "Red Dust" | 1952 | English | DVD-NTSC | 4:3 | In Collection 2 | amazon.com |
On May 2nd 2005 a new Karl May Collector's Box has been released,
containing 3 Boxes each with 3 films. Quality is superb, but the best
news is:
2 films of each box are in German and in English,
too!
A very detailed critique can be found here! (German)
Box 1 "Der Mythos lebt!":
- "Treasure of Silver Lake" - German and English
- "Half Breed" - German and English
- Winnetou und sein Freund Old Firehand
Box 2 "Winnetou trifft Old Surehand":
- Unter Geiern - German and English
- Der Ölprinz - German only
- Old Surehand - German and English
Box 3 "Winnetou reitet wieder":
- "Apache Gold" - German and English
- "Last of the Renegades" - German and English
- "The Desperado Trail" - German only
For more information see Universum-Film (German language only) and dvd-inside.de.
Information about the English dubbing can be found on the dubbing page now.
Some other
possibilities to buy movies:
- Movies Unlimited
- Reel
- Weltbild-Verlag (German only)
Record/CD
No need for a table, because there's just one record with Lex as far as I know. The songs are available on CD today:
Winnetou du warst mein Freund
Bear Family Records P.O. BOX 1154
D-27727Hambergen - Germany
Tel: 04794/9300-0
Fax: 04794/9300-20
BCD 15984 AH Released in 1996
Available for example at jpc
for 16,99 Euro.
Containes the two only songs ever recorded with Lex, both from 1965:
- Mädchen in Samt und Seide (A side of the record)
- Ich bin morgen auf dem Weg zu dir (B side of the record)
Here are some Sound bites and pictures taken in the studio while recording these songs!
If you don't understand the text - don't mind, it's not worth translating it, but the melodies are very nice and Lex' voice is simply great!
Please send comments, suggestions and additional hints by !