The film was one of a series that attempted for the first time to capture the unique and high romantic Western novels of Germany's greatest adventure writer Karl May. Now, more than 30 years later, and with a video copy of the film in my library to look at when in the mood, I find this version of Karl May's novel rather quaint and clumsy in terms of script/screenplay and certainly out of step with the more popularised versions of the Wild West. However, May's portrayal of late 19th century America was always a mixture of well researched facts mingled with high romantic fantasy adventure in the "Knights of the Round Table" or "Star Wars" vein. In this regard, the film does capture the spirit of Karl May's novels pretty well, if rather geared towards an assumed prior knowledge by the audience of the characters and of May's novels. From today's sophisticated movie audience's perspective this film version of "Winnetou I" is still noteworthy for its magnificent soundtrack rivaling any John Williams score, and for the noble portrayal of the hero by French actor Pierre Brice, who made this role his own in numerous sequels and stage shows. 译文(3): 这部电影是第一次尝试捕捉德国最伟大的冒险作家卡尔·梅（Karl May）独特的、高度浪漫的西方小说的系列之一。30多年后的今天，我的图书馆里有一部电影的视频，可以在心情好的时候看一看，我觉得卡尔·梅的这部小说在剧本和剧本方面相当古雅和笨拙，当然与更流行的《狂野西部》版本格格不入。
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