title: Karl May (film)
text: # Karl May (film)
  
  Karl May is a 1974 West German biographical drama film directed by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, starring Helmut Käutner as the writer Karl May. It is considered the second part in Syberberg's "German trilogy", preceded by Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King from 1972 and succeeded by Hitler: A Film from Germany from 1977.
  
  It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with sets designed by Nino Borghi. Location shooting took place in Vienna from 4 April to 17 May 1974. The budget was 1.1 million Deutsche Mark, of which the broadcaster ZDF provided 700,000 Mark.
  
  ## Partial cast
  
  * Helmut Käutner as Karl May
  * Kristina Söderbaum as Emma
  * Käthe Gold as Klara
  * Attila Hörbiger as Dittrich, Militär-Schriftsteller
  * Willy Trenk-Trebitsch as Lebius, Journalist
  * Mady Rahl as Pauline Münchmeyer
  * Lil Dagover as Bertha von Suttner
  * Rudolf Prack as Sächsischer Justizminister
  * Rainer von Artenfels as Junger Hitler
  * Leon Askin as Anwalt Klotz-Sello
  * Harry Hardt as Wessel von Charlottenburg
  * Fritz von Friedl as Larrass
  