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Karl May
b. 1842 — d. 1912 (aged 70)
Ernstthal, Kingdom of Saxony, German Confederation
Writer
Karl Friedrich May was a German writer best known for his adventure novels set in the American Old West. His main protagonists are Winnetou and Old Shatterhand. May set similar books in the Orient and Middle East (in which the main protagonists were Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadschi Halef Omar), Latin America and Germany. May also wrote poetry, a play, and composed music; he was a proficient player of several musical instruments. Many of his works were adapted for film, stage, audio dramas and comics. Later in his career, May turned to philosophical and spiritual genres. He is one of the best-selling German writers of all time, with about 200 million copies worldwide. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Filmography
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★ 4.8
The Young Chief Winnetou
2022 Writer
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★ 5.9
Winnetou & Old Shatterhand
2016 Writer
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★ 5.3
Winnetou - Das Geheimnis vom Silbersee
2016 Writer
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★ 6.0
Winnetou - Der letzte Kampf
2016 Writer
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★ 7.4
Winnetou - The Legend Lives
2016 Writer
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★ 5.3
WinneToons - Die Legende vom Schatz im Silbersee
2009 Writer
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★ 5.4
Karl-May-Spiele: Winnetou und Old Firehand
2008 Writer
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Karl-May-Spiele: Winnetou I
2007 Writer
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Karl-May-Spiele: Unter Geiern - Der Sohn des Bärenjägers
2004 Writer
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Karl-May-Spiele: Old Surehand
2003 Writer
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Karl-May-Spiele: Im Tal des Todes
2002 Writer
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Karl-May-Spiele: Der Schatz im Silbersee
2001 Writer
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Ja uff erstmal! - Winnetou unter Comedy-Geiern
2000 Writer
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★ 2.8
Winnetous Rückkehr
1998 Writer
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Karl-May-Spiele: Unter Geiern - der Geist des Llano Estacado
1998 Writer
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★ 7.3
Karl May
1992 Writer
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★ 7.5
The Trace Leads to the Silver Lake
1990 Writer
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★ 5.1
Präriejäger in Mexiko
1988 Writer
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★ 6.8
Das Buschgespenst
1986 Writer
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Der Schatz im Silbersee
1981 Writer
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★ 6.3
Winnetou le mescalero
1980 Writer
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Im Tal des Todes
1980 Writer
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Old Firehand
1979 Writer
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Durchs wilde Kurdistan
1978 Writer
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Der schwarze Mustang
1977 Writer
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★ 5.8
Winnetou I
1976 Writer
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Winnetou II
1976 Writer
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Old Surehand
1975 Writer
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Das Vermächtnis des Inka
1974 Writer
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★ 7.2
Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi
1973 Writer
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Unter Geiern - Der Geist des Llano Estacado
1973 Writer
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In den Schluchten des Balkan
1972 Writer
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Winnetou
1971 Writer
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Der Ölprinz
1970 Writer
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Die Felsenburg
1969 Writer
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★ 6.1
The Valley of Death
1968 Writer
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In den Schluchten des Balkans
1968 Writer
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Unter Geiern
1967 Writer
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★ 5.7
Winnetou and the Crossbreed
1966 Writer
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★ 5.2
Old Firehand
1966 Writer
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Winnetou II
1966 Writer
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★ 6.6
The Desperado Trail
1965 Writer
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★ 5.8
Flaming Frontier
1965 Writer
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★ 5.8
The Oil Prince
1965 Writer
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★ 5.6
Wild Kurdistan
1965 Writer
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★ 5.3
Treasure of the Aztecs
1965 Writer
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★ 5.2
Pyramid of the Sun God
1965 Writer
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★ 5.4
Kingdom of the Silver Lion
1965 Writer
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★ 5.1
Legacy of the Incas
1965 Writer
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★ 6.4
Freispruch für Old Shatterhand - Ein Dokumentarspiel über den Prozeß Karl Mays gegen Rudolf Lebius
1965 Writer
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Old Surehand
1965 Writer
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★ 6.5
Last of the Renegades
1964 Writer
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★ 6.1
Old Shatterhand
1964 Writer
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★ 5.9
Amongst Vultures
1964 Writer
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★ 5.8
The Yellow One
1964 Writer
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Der Schatz im Silbersee
1964 Writer
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★ 6.8
Apache Gold
1963 Writer
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★ 3.6
Mit Karl May im Orient
1963 Writer
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Durch die Wüste
1963 Writer
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★ 6.8
Treasure of Silver Lake
1962 Writer
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Unter Geiern - Der Sohn des Bärenjägers
1962 Writer
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Der Ölprinz
1961 Writer
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In den Schluchten des Balkan
1960 Writer
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★ 4.9
Der Löwe von Babylon
1959 Writer
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Hadschi Halef Omar
1959 Writer
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★ 5.3
Die Sklavenkarawane
1958 Writer
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★ 7.2
Der Schatz im Silbersee
1958 Writer
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Winnetou
1957 Writer
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Der Schatz im Silbersee
1954 Writer
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Winnetou
1953 Writer
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Winnetou
1952 Writer
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★ 5.8
Durch die Wüste
1936 Writer
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★ 6.5
Die Teufelsanbeter
1921 Writer
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★ 6.4
Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses
1920 Writer
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Caravan of Death
1920 Writer