The Legacy of Pretoria
| The Legacy of Pretoria | |
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| Directed by | Johannes Meyer |
| Written by | Walter Wassermann Ludwig von Wohl (novel) |
| Starring | Paul Hartmann Charlotte Susa Paul Henckels |
| Cinematography | Karl Hasselmann |
| Edited by | Gottlieb Madl |
| Music by | Hans Carste |
Production companies | Bavaria Film Atalanta-Film |
| Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
Release date | 19 October 1934 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The Legacy of Pretoria (German: Das Erbe von Pretoria) is a 1934 German drama film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Paul Hartmann, Charlotte Susa and Paul Henckels.[1] It was based on the novel Die Reise nach Pretoria by Ludwig von Wohl. A German man inherits a business in South Africa, but struggles to run it.
It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder.
Cast
- Paul Hartmann as Bernhard Fredersen
- Charlotte Susa as Agnes Fredersen
- Paul Henckels as Petermann
- Philipp Manning as Admiral Wiethaus
- Max Weydner as William Spencer
- Gustaf Gründgens as Eugen Schliebach
- Lilo Müller as Ines
- Kurt Vespermann as Hans Joachim Förster
- Walter Lantzsch as Captain Husemann
- Richard Ryen as Georg Miller
- Philipp Veit as Gehelmrat Klinger
- Fita Benkhoff as Lilly Clausen
- Josef Eichheim as Diener Karl
References
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.193
Bibliography
- Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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