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...

• Hans HeinrichDirector
• Hellmut KotschenreutherWriter

• Friedrich G. BeckhausKarl May
• Walter JanssenRichter
• Peter SchiffLouis Krügel
• Bruno W. PantelBauer Reimann
• Manfred MeurerGendarm
• Günter HankeKarl Mays Anwalt
• Toni HerbertRudolf Lebius
• Gerhard SchinschkeRudolf Lebius' Anwalt
• Werner StockSeilermeister Krause
• Lex BarkerOld Shatterhand (archive footage)
• Rik BattagliaNirwan (archive footage)
• Pierre BriceWinnetou (archive footage)