Riding for Germany

Riding for Germany
Directed by	Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by	Josef Maria Frank Clemens Laar Fritz Reck-Malleczewen Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Langen Richard H. Riedel
Produced by	Richard H. Riedel
Starring	Willy Birgel Gertrud Eysoldt Gerhild Weber Rudolf Schündler
Cinematography	Werner Krien
Edited by	Kurt Hampp
Music by	Alois Melichar
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	11 April 1941 (1941-04-11)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Nazi Germany
Language	German

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. A German cavalry officer, badly injured during the First World War, emerges as a leading competitor in post-war equestrian events.

Cast

• 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 Pferdehändler
• Ernst Rotmund as Galizischer Pferdehändler
• Eduard Wenck as Pferdehändler
• Anton Pointner as Reporter
• Paul Rehkopf as Reinboth, Futtermeister
• Ferdinand Robert as Angestellter der Rennleitung
• Walter Steinweg as Deutscher Offizier

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.

External links

• Riding for Germany at IMDb