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Film / 1965
Freispruch für Old Shatterhand
Directed by
Hans Heinrich
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...
The story
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...
Cast
Friedrich G. BeckhausKarl May
Walter JanssenRichter
Peter SchiffLouis Krügel
Bruno W. PantelBauer Reimann
Manfred MeurerGendarm
Günter HankeKarl Mays Anwalt
Toni HerbertRudolf Lebius
Gerhard SchinschkeRudolf Lebius' Anwalt
Werner StockSeilermeister Krause
Lex BarkerOld Shatterhand (archive footage)
Rik BattagliaNirwan (archive footage)
Pierre BriceWinnetou (archive footage)
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