Riding for Germany

1941 film

Riding for Germany
GermanReitet für Deutschland
Directed byArthur Maria Rabenalt
Written by
  • Josef Maria Frank
  • Clemens Laar
  • Fritz Reck-Malleczewen
  • Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Langen
  • Richard H. Riedel
Produced byRichard H. Riedel
Starring
CinematographyWerner Krien
Edited byKurt Hampp
Music byAlois Melichar
Production
company
UFA
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 11 April 1941 (1941-04-11)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryNazi Germany
LanguageGerman

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.

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 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

  1. ^ Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. p. 225. ISBN 0292734581.

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