Freispruch für Old Shatterhand

Overview

On April 12, 1910, before the magistrate's court in Berlin-Charlottenburg: The defamation suit brought by Karl May, creator of Winnetou and Old Shatterhand, against editor Rudolf Lebius is being heard. Lebius had called May a "born criminal" and brought his past offenses into the spotlight. May's lawyer counters this with a description of May's difficult life and puts Karl May's work in a completely different light...

Directed by Hans Heinrich

Top cast

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

Karl May

Walter Janssen

Richter

Peter Schiff

Louis Krügel

Bruno W. Pantel

Bauer Reimann

M

Manfred Meurer

Gendarm

G

Günter Hanke

Karl Mays Anwalt

T

Toni Herbert

Rudolf Lebius

G

Gerhard Schinschke

Rudolf Lebius' Anwalt

W

Werner Stock

Seilermeister Krause

Lex Barker

Old Shatterhand (archive footage)

Rik Battaglia

Nirwan (archive footage)

Pierre Brice

Winnetou (archive footage)

W

Walter Fein

Beisitzer (uncredited)

A

Arthur Binder

Bandit Hannes (uncredited)

U

Ursula Gerstel

Bauersfrau (uncredited)

G

Günter Glaser

Bandit Franz (uncredited)

W

Willi Hollfers

Gendarm (uncredited)

K

Karl Kramer

Handwerksbursche (uncredited)

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