German Western featured German actors playing Native Americans, and were based on the books of Karl May, the German author who developed romantic notions about the American West despite never actually setting foot there.

"Winnetou is a fictional Native American hero of several novels written by Karl May (*1842 + 1912, with about 200 million copies worldwide one of the best selling German writers of all time), in German including the sequel Winnetou I to Winnetou III. According to Karl May's story, first-person narrator Old Shatterhand encounters Winnetou and after initial dramatic events, a true friendship between Old Shatterhand and the Apache Winnetou arises; on many occasions they give proof of great fighting skill but also of compassion for other human beings. It portrays a belief in an innate "goodness" of mankind, albeit constantly threatened by ill-intentioned enemies." [read more from Wikipedia]

Red Westerns

The so called "Red Westerns" were German movies in the former East Germany produced by the state-run film studio. Gojko Moitic is the well known Chingachgook, in many 'Easterns'

"'Red Westerns' of the first type are often compared to 'Spaghetti Westerns', in that they use local scenery to double up for the American West. In particular, Yugoslavia, Mongolia and the Southern USSR were used. Some of the DDR made films were called Sauerkraut Westerns.
'Red Westerns' provide a counterpoint to familiar mythologies and conventions of the original genre, particularly as the makers were on the other side of a propaganda war without parallel, the Cold War, and this is partially why many have never been shown in the west, at least not until after the Cold War ended. In a war in which many fabrications were made on both sides, there was often a lingering fascination with the cultural developments in enemy countries."
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