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Karl May is a film of genre Drama directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg with Helmut Käutner
Karl May (1974)
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Add to a movie listKarl May is a 1974 West German biographical drama film directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, starring Helmut Käutner as the writer Karl May. It is considered the second part in Syberberg's "German trilogy", preceded by Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King from 1972 and succeeded by Hitler: A Film from Germany from 1977. Filming took place in Vienna from 4 April to 17 May 1974. The budget was 1.1 million Deutsche Mark, of which the broadcaster ZDF provided 700,000 Mark.
Actors
Helmut Käutner
(Karl May)
Kristina Söderbaum
(Emma May)
Rudolf Fernau
(Anwalt Bredereck)
Attila Hörbiger
(Schriftsteller Dittrich)
Lil Dagover
(Berta von Suttner)
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