1958 film by Veit Harlan

Karl May bricht 1899 zu seiner ersten großen Reise auf. Zu dieser Zeit ist er schon ein bekannter Schriftsteller und will dem Vorwurf entgegentreten, dass er die Länder, über die er schreibt, gar nicht kennen würde. Auf Ceylon beschießt er, ab sofort ganz anders zu schreiben als bisher und ein „Monograph der Menschheitsseele“ zu werden. Daheim im Kaiserreich beginnt derweil eine langwierige Kampagne gegen den „Old Shatterhand aus Radebeul“.

Nuremberg durting the time of Albrecht Durer and the famous geographer Martin Behaim: the locksmith Peter Henlein is looking for a way to make bullets more accurate by designing a new form. Just as he welds together two round balls into an elongated shape, he believes he's discovered that his assistant Konrad is trying to alienate his wife from him. There is a struggle, during which Henlein's new kind of bullet strikes him in the chest. The doctor, unaware that there are two bullets lodged in his body, because there was only one shot, only removes one.

In this notorious Nazi propaganda historical costume melodrama, a conniving, ambitious Jewish businessman, Suess Oppenheimer, snares a post as treasurer to the Duke of Wurttemburg by showering the corrupt duke with treasure and promises of even greater riches. As the Jew's schemes grow more elaborate and his actions more brazen, the dukedom nearly erupts into civil war. Persuaded by the Jew, the Duke all but scuttles the constitution and alienates the assembly by lifting the local ban on Jews in Stuttgart. In a final outrage, the Jew rapes a wholesome German girl and tortures her father and fiancee. When the Duke succumbs to a sudden heart attack, the assembly of Elders try the Jew and sentence him to death for having "carnal knowledge of a Christian woman."

Summary written by Kevin Rayburn