Riding for Germany (German: Reitet für Deutschland) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Willy Birgel, Gertrud Eysoldt and Gerhild Weber.[1] A German cavalry officer, badly injured during the First World War, emerges as a leading competitor in post-war equestrian events.
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German | Reitet für Deutschland |
Directed by | Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
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Produced by | Richard H. Riedel |
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Cinematography | Werner Krien |
Edited by | Kurt Hampp |
Music by | Alois Melichar |
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Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Nazi Germany |
Language | German |
Cast
edit- Willy Birgel as Rittmeister Ernst von Brenken
- Gertrud Eysoldt as Tante Ulle
- Gerhild Weber as Tomasia Kolrep
- Herbert A.E. Böhme as Olav Kolrep
- Willi Rose as Karl Marten
- Rudolf Schündler as Generaldirektor Brenner
- Paul Dahlke as Dolinski
- Hans Zesch-Ballot as Brigadekommandeur
- Walter Werner as Geheimrat
- Gerhard Dammann as Fuhrwerksbesitzer
- Hans Quest as Sohn des Fuhrwerksbesitzers
- Peter Elsholtz as Deutscher Ulan
- Herbert Hübner as Pferdehändler
- Karl Kahlmann as Regierungspräsident
- Walter Lieck as Prosiger, Pferdehändler
- Ruth Lommel as Junge Frau
- Klaus Pohl as Gerichtsvollzieher
- Armin Schweizer as Kapellmeister
- Karl Junge-Swinburne as Leiter des Reitturniers
- Angelo Ferrari as Italienischer Offizier
- Karl Jüstel as Ausländischer Offizier
- Jakob Sinn as Henseleit, Gutsinspektor
- Marianne Stanior as Brenners Sekretärin
- Wolfgang Staudte as Rebenschütz, Wachtmeister
- Ewald Wenck as Alter Kutscher
- Franz Ernst Bochum as Brenkens Diener
- Fanny Cotta as Krankenschwester
- Herbert Gernot as Voigt, Ordonanzoffizier
- Willi Witte as Ordonanzoffizier
- Knut Hartwig as Polizei-Wachtmeister
- Leopold von Ledebur as Toms Logennachbar in Genf
- Benno Mueller as Stationsvorstand
- Jaspar von Oertzen as Von Burt, Adjutant des Kommandeurs
- Hellmuth Passarge as horse dealer
- Ernst Rotmund as Galician horse dealer
- Eduard Wenck as Pferdehändler
- Anton Pointner as reporter
- Paul Rehkopf as Reinboth, Futtermeister
- Ferdinand Robert as employee of the race management
- Walter Steinweg as German officer
References
edit- ^ Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. p. 225. ISBN 0292734581.
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