Fatal Error
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At the end of the 19th century, the Wyoming Oil Company has established itself in the vicinity of Wind River City at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, where they have been illegally pumping oil from Native American territory. One of the company's greedy agents, Mike Allison, kicks out both his white partners and the Native Americans. He has his some of his associates secretly murdered and blames it on the Native Americans, who are then killed when they get in the way of his plans. Five chiefs with lifelong shares in the Oil Company die mysteriously as a result. The young chief Shave Head asks his a half-blooded brother Chris Howard for help.
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Cast
28 people
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Chris Howard
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Gojko Mitić
Shaved Head
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Annekathrin Bürger
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Krystyna Mikołajewska
Jessebee
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Rolf Hoppe
Allison
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Hannjo Hasse
Lee Garrett
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The Gleiwitz Case
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Bruno O'Ya
Hank Jackson
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The Deluge
Gerry Wolff
Ben
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Spuk im Hochhaus
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Bruno Carstens
McLaurin
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Stefan Lisewski
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Rolf Ludwig
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Konrad Petzold Director · Günter Karl Screenplay Rolf Römer Screenplay
First release June 27, 1970 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Germany
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Original title
Tödlicher Irrtum
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · June 27, 1970
Premiere
XG · July 3, 1970
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
November 5, 1970 · Theatrical
Poland
February 6, 1973 · Theatrical
Russia
June 7, 1971 · Limited theatrical · Moscow
Russia
July 22, 2003 · Physical · DVD, Seypris
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