Karl May | Wovie

Home /

Movie

Karl May

Sources

We recommend using an adblocker, some of the sources may include their own ads.

Karl May

Drama

History

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.

Date: 10/18/1974

Rating: 5.0

Cast: Helmut Käutner, Kristina Söderbaum, Käthe Gold, Attila Hörbiger, Rudolf Fernau, Lil Dagover, Mady Rahl, Rudolf Prack, Alexander Golling, Wolfgang Büttner, André Heller, Rudolf Lenz, Rudolf Schündler, Peter Kern, Heinz Moog, Willy Trenk-Trebitsch, Rainer von Artenfels, Leon Askin, Marquard Bohm, Peter Chatel, Erwin Faber, Fritz von Friedl, Egon von Jordan, Harry Hardt, Peter Moland, Stephan Paryla-Raky, Guido Wieland, Hans-Joachim Schmiedel

Helmut Käutner