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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Cast

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

Karl May

Walter Janssen

Richter

Peter Schiff

Louis Krügel

Bruno W. Pantel

Bauer Reimann

Lex Barker

Old Shatterhand (archive footage)

Rik Battaglia

Nirwan (archive footage)

Pierre Brice

Winnetou (archive footage)