---
title: 'Potato Fritz (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Schamoni'
released: '1976-05-06'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/potato-fritz-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075461/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Potato Fritz (1976)

1976 · 96 min · Comedy, Western · Germany


## Synopsis

Potato Fritz is a 1976 West German comedy western film directed by Peter Schamoni and starring Hardy Krüger, Stephen Boyd and Anton Diffring. It was considered an unconventional western, partly due to be made by Schamoni who was associated with New German Cinema. Location shooting took place in Spain. The film's sets were designed by the art director José María Tapiador. It is also known by the alternative title Montana Trap.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Schamoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-schamoni)
- **Screenplay:** [Paul Hengge](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hengge)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Udo Jürgens](https://cinepixo.com/people/udo-jurgens)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jost Vacano](https://cinepixo.com/people/jost-vacano), [Wolf Wirth](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-wirth)

## Cast

- [Rainer Basedow](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-basedow)
- [Hardy Krüger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hardy-kruger)
- [Arthur Brauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-brauss)
- [David Hess](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hess)
- [Stephen Boyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-boyd)
- [Friedrich von Ledebur](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-von-ledebur)
- [Dan van Husen](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-van-husen)
- [Paul Breitner](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-breitner)
- [Diana Körner](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-korner)
- [Anton Diffring](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-diffring)

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