Freispruch für Old Shatterhand (1965)
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...
- Date of release
- 1965-02-16
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Hans Heinrich
Casting
- Friedrich G. Beckhaus — Karl May
- Walter Janssen — Richter
- Peter Schiff — Louis Krügel
- Bruno W. Pantel — Bauer Reimann
- Manfred Meurer — Gendarm
- Günter Hanke — Karl Mays Anwalt
- Toni Herbert — Rudolf Lebius
- Gerhard Schinschke — Rudolf Lebius' Anwalt
- Werner Stock — Seilermeister Krause
- Lex Barker — Old Shatterhand (archive footage)
- Rik Battaglia — Nirwan (archive footage)
- Pierre Brice — Winnetou (archive footage)
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