March 30 marks 100 years since the death of German writer Karl May, whose popular novels about an American West (and other exotic locales) he only visited much later in life entertained many in ...

Winnetou, Old Shatterhand, Nscho-Tschi: Here is an introduction to the main characters in Karl May's "Winnetou" novels. German television is releasing an updated version of the classic Wild West film.

Generations of young Germans have been fans of Indian Winnetou and his German friend Old Shatterhand - even Adolf Hitler. Now that the Karl May story has been refilmed, DW's Susanne Spröer gets to the ...

The first part, "A New World", tells how the young German engineer Karl May comes to America and starts to work for a railway company in the Wild West. Under dramatic circumstances, he meets Apache ...

Streaming platforms for Old Shatterhand haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online. Winnetou is a fictional Native American hero of several novels written ...

Candidate’s campaign poster, based on a bestselling author’s Wild West hero, is branded ‘problematic’ by German Native American association James Jackson is a Berlin-based journalist, documentary ...