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...
- Released
- 1965-02-16
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 61 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Hans Heinrich
Cast
- Friedrich G. Beckhaus as Karl May
- Walter Janssen as Richter
- Peter Schiff as Louis Krügel
- Bruno W. Pantel as Bauer Reimann
- Manfred Meurer as Gendarm
- Günter Hanke as Karl Mays Anwalt
- Toni Herbert as Rudolf Lebius
- Gerhard Schinschke as Rudolf Lebius' Anwalt
- Werner Stock as Seilermeister Krause
- Lex Barker as Old Shatterhand (archive footage)
- Rik Battaglia as Nirwan (archive footage)
- Pierre Brice as Winnetou (archive footage)