Freispruch für Old Shatterhand

1965· 61 min★ 6.3· 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...

Cast: Friedrich G. Beckhaus, Walter Janssen, Peter Schiff

Director: Hans Heinrich