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Winnetou became the fictional chief of the tribe of the Mescalero-Apaches after his father Intschu-tschuna (and his sister Nscho-tschi) was slain by the white bandit Santer. He rode a horse called Iltschi (that is "Wind") and had a famous rifle called "Silberbuechse" (a rifle that was decorated with silver nails). Old Shatterhand became the bloodbrother of Winnetou and rode the brother of Iltschi, called Hatatitla (that is "Lightning"). In the last book of the trilogy Winnetou himself was murdered by the bandit Santer.
Karl May's "Winnetou" novels symbolize, to some extent, a romantic desire for a simpler life in close contact with nature, and a belief in an innate "goodness" of mankind, albeit constantly threatened by ill-intentioned enemies. The sequel has become the origin of festivals (the "Karl-May-Festspiele" or "Karl-May-Spiele", first initiated in Bad Segeberg, Germany, and then expanded to further places like Lennestadt-Elspe ) in honor of Karl May or, rather, of his Apache hero, Winnetou.
In all following movies Winnetou was played by French actor Pierre Brice. The music for all Winnetou-movies was composed by German composer Martin Boettcher, except "Winnetou und sein Freund Old Firehand", which was composed by German composer Peter Thomas .
All of the Winnetou-cinema-movies are available on VHS-tape (PAL) (some also dubbed in English under the above mentioned English titles). "Winnetou I - III", "Der Schatz im Silbersee", "Old Shatterhand" and "Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten" are also available on DVD (country-code 2) - but all in German only. Within 2004/2005 the missing movies will also appear on DVD - DVD-extras until now are unknown.
Also in the following series' Winnetou was played by French actor Pierre Brice.
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