
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...
Karl May
Richter
Louis Krügel
Bauer Reimann
Gendarm
Karl Mays Anwalt
Rudolf Lebius
Rudolf Lebius' Anwalt
Seilermeister Krause
Old Shatterhand (archive footage)