Karl May

Name: Karl May
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 18 Oct 1974
Rating: 5
Cast: Helmut Käutner, Kristina Söderbaum, Käthe Gold, Attila Hörbiger, Rudolf Fernau

Genre : Drama, History
Année : 1974
Réalisateur : Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Acteur : Helmut Käutner, Kristina Söderbaum, Käthe Gold, Attila Hörbiger, Rudolf Fernau, Lil Dagover
Pays : Germany
studio : TMS Film GmbH, ZDF
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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