Freispruch für Old Shatterhand

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...

Drama

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))