Karl May
Movie| Title | Karl May |
| User score | 5 |
| Release date | Oct 18, 1974 |
| Genre | Drama, History |
| Director | Hans-Jürgen Syberberg |
| Production country | Germany |
| Production companies | TMS Film GmbH, ZDF |
| Run time | 187 min. |
This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s “German Trilogy” on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich. By fusing theater, music, and cinema, Syberberg conjures up Karl May (1842-1912), the immensely popular German author, who set many of his adventure novels in an idealized version of the American Wild West. His tales of the cowboy and the Ubermensch alike were beloved by many, including (Our) Hitler, who supposedly ordered his generals to read May works after defeats in the Russian campaign.
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Helmut Käutner
Karl May
Kristina Söderbaum
Emma May
Käthe Gold
Klara May
Attila Hörbiger
Schriftsteller Dittrich
Rudolf Fernau
Anwalt Bredereck
Lil Dagover
Berta von Suttner
Mady Rahl
Pauline Münchmeyer
Rudolf Prack
sächsischer Justizminister
Alexander Golling
Möbelhändler Fischer
Wolfgang Büttner
Kriminalgerichtsvorsitzender Ehricke
André Heller
Robert Müller, Vorsitzender des akadem. Vereins
Rudolf Lenz
Casella
