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Karl May

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A portrait of Karl May, the first German writer to set his wildly popular adventure novels in the American Old West.

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Audience Member Bio-pic of the titular German writer, whose made up stories about the Wild West in America were sold as first hand accounts, follows the public unraveling of his gimmicked travels and the political efforts to destroy him. Unlike the later works, Syberberg keeps the operatic flourishes to a severe minimum, the deliberately static formalism echoes the historical period of the first generation to have seen the widespread use of a printing press. A powerful moment of transcendence comes later, in the the impossible and omniscient voice and authority of the future. A cautious tribute to the writer/artist as apolitical singularity. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A portrait of Karl May, the first German writer to set his wildly popular adventure novels in the American Old West.
Director
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Producer
Ingeborg Janiczek, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Screenwriter
Hans-Jürgen Syberberg
Production Co
ZDF
Genre
Biography, History, Drama
Original Language
German
Runtime
3h 7m