The first part, "A New World", tells how the young German engineer Karl May comes to America and starts to work for a railway company in the Wild West. Under dramatic circumstances, he meets Apache chief Winnetou and becomes friends with him and his tribe. The Apaches give it the name Old Shatterhand. Together they fight now against the unscrupulous henchmen of the railway company, who wants to lay a route through the Indian area.
| Directing | Philipp Stölzl | Director |
| Writing | Jan Berger | Writer |
| Writing | Alexander M. Rümelin | Writer |
| Writing | Karl May | Novel |
| Editing | Sven Budelmann | Editor |
| Crew | Sten Mende | Cinematography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matea Pasaric | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anke Winckler | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georg Korpas | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Heiko Maile | Music |
| Art | Matthias Müsse | Production Design |
