| The Pyramid of the Sun God | |
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| Directed by | Robert Siodmak |
| Written by | Karl May (novel) Ladislas Fodor Georg Marischka Robert A. Stemmle |
| Produced by | Artur Brauner Götz Dieter Wulf |
| Starring | Lex Barker Gérard Barray Michèle Girardon |
| Cinematography | Siegfried Hold |
| Edited by | Walter Wischniewsky |
| Music by | Erwin Halletz |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Gloria Film |
Release date | 17 April 1965 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy West Germany Yugoslavia |
| Language | German |
The Pyramid of the Sun God (German: Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes is a 1965 West German and Italian western film adventure directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Lex Barker, Gérard Barray and Michèle Girardon. It is based on a book by Karl May, and was part of a boom of Karl May adaptations during the decade.[1] It follows on from The Treasure of the Aztecs (1965), also directed by Siodmak and featuring the same cast.
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Veljko Despotovic and Hertha Hareiter and Otto Pischinger. Rio Grande
