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Winnetou - A New World

Winnetou - A New World

20166.21h 57m

Overview

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 chief Winnetou and becomes friends with him and his tribe. The Apaches give it the name Old Shatterhand. Together they fight now against the unscrupulous henchmen of the railway company, who wants to lay a route through the Indian area.

Directed by Philipp Stölzl
Written by Jan Berger, Alexander M. Rümelin, Karl May
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Top Cast

Wotan Wilke Möhring

Wotan Wilke Möhring

Old Shatterhand

Nik Xhelilaj

Nik Xhelilaj

Winnetou

Iazua Larios

Iazua Larios

Nscho Tschi

Jürgen Vogel

Jürgen Vogel

Josef Rattler

Rainer Bock

Rainer Bock

James Bancroft

Leslie Malton

Leslie Malton

Mrs. Bancroft

Milan Peschel

Milan Peschel

Sam Hawkens

Gojko Mitić

Gojko Mitić

Intschu Tschuna

Francisco Medina

Francisco Medina

Mavi Takeh

Oliver Masucci

Oliver Masucci

Ugly Joe

Themes & Keywords

native american

About Winnetou - A New World

Winnetou - A New World is a western, adventure, tv movie film released in 2016 exploring themes of native american. Directed by Philipp Stölzl, it stars Wotan Wilke Möhring, Nik Xhelilaj, Iazua Larios. 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 chief Winnetou and becomes friends with him and his tribe. The Apaches give it the name Old Shatterhand. Together they fight now against the unscrupulous henchmen of the railway company, who wants to lay a route through the Indian area.

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