Freispruch für Old Shatterhand

Category: Drama
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...
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1965-02-16
Run time: 61 minute / 1:1
Director: Hans Heinrich
Production Companies : CCC Television, ZDF
Production Country: Germany

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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)
Walter Fein
as Beisitzer (uncredited)
Arthur Binder
as Bandit Hannes (uncredited)
Ursula Gerstel
as Bauersfrau (uncredited)
Günter Glaser
as Bandit Franz (uncredited)
Willi Hollfers
as Gendarm (uncredited)
Karl Kramer
as Handwerksbursche (uncredited)
Directing
Hans Heinrich Director

Writing
Hellmut Kotschenreuther Writer

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