Leading German producer Christian Becker (“The Wave,” “Suck Me Shakespeer”) is to adapt Karl May’s stories about Apache chief Winnetou and his companion Old Shatterhand for television. Beta Film is co ...

There is still no peace between the white men from Washington and the Red brothers. There are always people who value their own profit more than the lives of their fellow citizens. Businessmen are ...

None of the Native Americans in the film are played by Native Americans, and Winnetou speaks the wrong language. That may not be controversial in Germany, but the debate rages in the US. On Christmas ...

The film “Forget Winnetou!” uses the novels of Karl May, who published his first book about a character named Winnetou in 1870, to explore the German idealization of Indigenous peoples. “I make pretty ...