''Winnetou'' (full German title: ''Winnetou – Der Mythos lebt'') is a German television miniseries directed by

Philipp Stölzl Philipp Stölzl (born 1967 in Munich) is a German director. He began to direct music videos in the mid-1990s and directed his first feature film in 2002. Life and career Philipp Stölzl was trained as a set and costume designer at the Münchner ...

and starring

Nik Xhelilaj Kreshnik Xhelilaj (born 5 March 1983) known professionally as Nik Xhelilaj, is an Albanian actor. He began his international career with the movie The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider, directed by Piro Milkani and Eno Milkani and was the leading actor ...

and

Wotan Wilke Möhring Wotan Wilke Möhring (born 23 May 1967) is a German actor. Biography Möhring was born in Augustdorf near Detmold and grew up in Herne. His father was an army officer and his mother worked as a teacher. He has a sister and two brothers. One ...

. It is based on three adventure novels by

Karl May Karl Friedrich May ( , ; 25 February 1842 – 30 March 1912) was a German author. He is best known for his 19th century novels of fictitious travels and adventures, set in the American Old West with Winnetou and Old Shatterhand as main pro ...

. It has been broadcast in three parts on RTL in late December 2016.

Cast

Winnetou Winnetou is a fictional Native American hero of several novels written in German by Karl May (1842–1912), one of the best-selling German writers of all time with about 200 million copies worldwide, including the ''Winnetou'' trilogy. The cha ...

Old Shatterhand Old Shatterhand is a fictional character in Western novels by German writer Karl May (1842–1912). He is the German friend and blood brother of Winnetou, the fictional chief of the Mescalero tribe of the Apache. He is the main character i ...

Mario Adorf Mario Adorf (; born 8 September 1930) is a German actor, considered to be one of the great veteran character actors of European cinema. Since 1954, he has played both leading and supporting roles in over 200 film and television productions, am ...

as Santer Sr. *

Michael Maertens Michael Maertens (born 30 October 1963) is a German actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1988. His grandfather Willy Maertens Willy Maertens (1893–1967) was a German film and television actor. He was married to the actress Char ...

as Santer Jr. *

Jürgen Vogel Jürgen Peter Vogel (; born 29 April 1968, in Hamburg) is a German actor, screenwriter, film producer and singer. One of the most successful character actors in German cinema, he first broke out in 1992 with his role in ''Little Sharks''.Jürgen ...

as Rattler * Iazua Larios as Nscho Tschi * Katarina Strahinic as Ochina *

Milan Peschel Milan Peschel (born 1968) is a German actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1999. Selected filmography References External links * 1968 births Living people German male film actors {{Germany-actor-stub ...

as Sam Hawkens * Jani Zombori Banovac Apachie kringer * Valim Kleber as Häuptling der Hoppa

References

External links

Official website
* 2016 television films 2016 films 2010s German television miniseries 2016 German television series debuts 2016 German television series endings 2016 Western (genre) films German Western (genre) films 2010s German-language films German-language television shows Films directed by Philipp Stölzl Television series set in the 19th century Television shows set in New Mexico Television shows based on German novels Winnetou films Remakes of German films Live action television shows based on films RTL (German TV channel) original programming Television shows based on works by Karl May 2010s German films {{Germany-tv-film-stub