
The last ten years in Karl May’s life. A man fighting for his work, which lets him become an iconic figure of his time.

Helmut Käutner
Karl May

Käthe Gold
Klara May

Kristina Söderbaum
Emma May
Rainer von Artenfels
Adolf Hitler

Mady Rahl
Pauline Münchmeyer
Erwin Faber
Napoleon Krügel

Rudolf Fernau
Bredereck

Attila Hörbiger
Max Dittrich

Leon Askin
Klotz-Sello
Willy Trenk-Trebitsch
Rodolf Lebius

Marquard Bohm
Überhorst

Wolfgang Büttner
Ehrecke von Moabit

Peter Chatel
Horace Herzfelder

Heinz Moog
Dr. Gerlach