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Freispruch für Old Shatterhand

February 16, 1965

61 minutes

Hans Heinrich

Drama

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...

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Movie Details

Release Date

February 16, 1965

Runtime

61 minutes

Director

Hans Heinrich

Production Companies

CCC Television ZDF

Cast

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)

Walter Fein

Beisitzer (uncredited)

Arthur Binder

Bandit Hannes (uncredited)

Ursula Gerstel

Bauersfrau (uncredited)

Günter Glaser

Bandit Franz (uncredited)

Willi Hollfers

Gendarm (uncredited)

Karl Kramer

Handwerksbursche (uncredited)