Freispruch für Old Shatterhand

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Status

Released

Production

CCC Television

Aired

1965-02-16

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...