Pierre Brice as Winnetou and Lex Barker as Old Shatterhand became the faces of the classic 1960s adventures inspired by Karl May. The series includes The Treasure of the Silver Lake (1962); Harald Reinl directed the Winnetou I–III trilogy released between 1963 and 1965.

Starigrad-Paklenica is a starting point for exploring many of the filming locations. The Velika Paklenica canyon features in The Treasure of the Silver Lake, Among Vultures, Old Surehand and Winnetou and Shatterhand in the Valley of Death. Other locations used by the classic series include Tulove Grede, the Zrmanja canyon, Plitvice Lakes, Krka, Grobnik Plain and Platak.

The cover photograph shows Pierre Brice and Lex Barker in Winnetou I (1963). Photograph source: ZDF.