
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
Karl May

Walter Janssen
Richter

Peter Schiff
Louis Krügel

Bruno W. Pantel
Bauer Reimann
Manfred Meurer
Gendarm
Günter Hanke
Karl Mays Anwalt
Toni Herbert
Rudolf Lebius
Gerhard Schinschke
Rudolf Lebius' Anwalt
Werner Stock
Seilermeister Krause

Lex Barker
Old Shatterhand (archive footage)

Rik Battaglia
Nirwan (archive footage)

Pierre Brice
Winnetou (archive footage)
Walter Fein
Beisitzer (uncredited)
Arthur Binder
Bandit Hannes (uncredited)
Ursula Gerstel
Bauersfrau (uncredited)
Günter Glaser
Bandit Franz (uncredited)
Willi Hollfers
Gendarm (uncredited)
Karl Kramer
Handwerksbursche (uncredited)
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