Carl Peters (1941)
National-Socialist propaganda film that serves to memorialize one of the early representatives of colonialism: the German philologist Carl Peters. He is, at the end of the 1900′s, a noted advocate of the establishment of a German colony. Without support from Germany, he struggles on his own account against the English in East Africa. Later he is named Reichskommissar and promotes the expansion of a German colony. But Jewish and Social-Democrat opponents order him back to Germany and force him to resign.
- Date of release
- 1941-03-21
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- Herbert Selpin
Casting
- Hans Albers — Dr. Carl Peters
- Fritz Odemar — Graf Pfeil
- Herbert Hübner — Leo Kayser
- Ernst Fritz Fürbringer — Wehr-Bandelin
- Erika von Thellmann — Frau Kayser
- Hans Leibelt — Prof. Karl Engel
- Reinhold Bernt — Unteroffizier Hansen
- Jack Trevor — British Consul
- Philipp Manning — Sir Anthony Cerry
- Rolf Prasch — Kaiser Wilhelm I
- Bayume Mohamed Husen — Ramasan
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Prague and Bavaria
Carl Peters is a 1941 German historical drama film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Karl Dannemann, and Fritz Odemar. It was produced as an anti-British propaganda film during the Second World War.
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