The Bloody Vultures of Alaska

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The Bloody Vultures of Alaska
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German film poster
German Die blutigen Geier von Alaska
Directed by Harald Reinl
Written by Kurt Nachmann
Produced byGünter Sturm
Karl Spiehs
Starring
Cinematography Heinz Hölscher
Edited byEva Zeyn
Music by Bruno Nicolai
Production
companies
Jadran Film
Lisa Film
Distributed by Constantin Film
Release date
  • 6 October 1973 (1973-10-06)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesWest Germany
Yugoslavia
LanguageGerman

The Bloody Vultures of Alaska (German: Die blutigen Geier von Alaska) is a 1973 German Western film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Doug McClure, Harald Leipnitz and Angelica Ott. [1] It was made as a co-production between West Germany and Yugoslavia. The film's sets were designed by the art director Željko Senečić. Location shooting took place around Dachstein in Austria and the Plitvice Lakes and Dubrovnik in Yugoslavia. It is set in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush.

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References

  1. Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland & Company, 2012. p. 105. ISBN   0786463724.