Karl May
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
WritingBirthday
February 25, 1842Deathday
March 30, 1912Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
29Place of birth
Hohenstein-Ernstthal, GermanyAlso known as
Karl Friedrich May![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/azcSMQirhT5smDsLUcbBnDEKPJZ.jpg)
Crew credits
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The Valley of Death
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Apache Gold
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Last of the Renegades
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Treasure of Silver Lake
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The Desperado Trail
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Amongst Vultures
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Yellow Devil
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Old Shatterhand
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Thunder at the Border
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Winnetou and the Crossbreed
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Der Löwe von Babylon
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Pyramid of the Sun God
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Mercenaries of the Rio Grande
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The Wild Men of Kurdistan
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Rampage at Apache Wells
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Kingdom of the Silver Lion
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Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses
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Winnetou - A New World
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Caravan of Death
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Die Teufelsanbeter
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Across the Desert
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