– Periode 1, features a prequel scene to Der Schuh des Manitou due to time travel. Winnetou novels “Der Schuh des Manitu” parodies a series of wild west adventure novels of the 19th century German author Karl May. The main topic of these novels is the deep friendship of a fictional Mescalero Apache chief (Winnetou) and his German companion and blood-brother, (Old Shatterhand), who are both exemplary virtuous and stand together to keep the peace between Indians and immigrating White settlers. Der Schuh des Manitu spoofs the friendship motif in the Winnetou novels and in their 1960s film adaptations which has largely led to high, but sometimes idealised and cliché ridden admiration of Native Americans in Germany. Many shots of the original Winnetou movies feature Old Shatterhand and Winnetou riding side by side, accompanied by romantic orchestral music (which is also happening in the parody). Winnetou's main objection against European settlers is their "greed". He dislikes that they want to take all the land for themselves and cannot share with the natives. A recurring opponent is the bandit Santer who kills Winnetou's father and sister, probably the namesake of Santa Maria in the parody. There is also a movie called Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi (English title: Winnetou and the Crossbreed) based not on a May novel but using his characters - the name of the movie's main character Abahachi is probably based on this. So is the name of Uschi, Abahachis's old love, hinting to the name of actress Uschi Glas who used to play Apanatschi. Connections The plot of the movie is closely related to productions based on the works of Karl May such as the film Treasure of Silver Lake. The recurring pattern consists of the “evil white man”, who tricks the “good white man”. The Native Americans then think the good man is evil and thus dig up the hatchet, which leads to fights about a secret treasure. In the end, only Winnetou and Old Shatterhand can save the day. Similarities to other film classics and cultural events of the 60s are also part of the movie. For example, when the chief of the Shoshones called Cunning Amphibian ("Listiger Lurch") carries a bunny in his arms. This is similar to how Ernst Stavro Blofeld once held a cat in the James Bond movies or how the artist Joseph Beuys "explains pictures to a dead hare” in