Winnetou and His Friend Old Firehand (aka: Thunder at the Border, Winnetou and Old Firehand) was the 1966 finale of Horst Wendlandt's Rialto Film Karl May adaptations. Alfred Vohrer (Perrak, Das gelbe Haus am Pinnasberg), described as a genius by cult director Quentin Tarantino, directed the film - moving away from the contemplative German to the far more violent Spaghetti Western. A new path was also taken with the film music: Peter Thomas replaced Martin Böttcher as "Winnetou composer". It was