Riding for Germany
{{Short description|1941 film}}
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{{Infobox film
|name = Riding for Germany
|image =Riding for Germany.jpg
|caption =
|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Reitet für Deutschland}}
|director = Arthur Maria Rabenalt
|writer = {{ubl|Josef Maria Frank|Clemens Laar|Fritz Reck-Malleczewen|Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Langen|Richard H. Riedel}}
|producer = Richard H. Riedel
|starring = {{ubl|Willy Birgel|Gertrud Eysoldt|Gerhild Weber|Rudolf Schündler}}
|cinematography = Werner Krien
|editing = Kurt Hampp
|music = Alois Melichar
|studio = UFA
|distributor = UFA
|released = {{Film date|1941|4|11|df=yes}}
|runtime = 92 minutes
|country = Nazi Germany
|language = German
}}
Riding for Germany ({{langx|de|Reitet für Deutschland}}) is a 1941 German drama film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Willy Birgel, Gertrud Eysoldt and Gerhild Weber.{{cite book|last=Hake|first=Sabine|title=Popular Cinema of the Third Reich|publisher=University of Texas Press|year=2001|location=Austin, TX|page=225|isbn=0292734581|url=https://archive.org/details/popularcinemaoft0000hake|url-access=registration}} A German cavalry officer, badly injured during the First World War, emerges as a leading competitor in post-war equestrian events.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- 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
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0033303}}
{{Arthur Maria Rabenalt}}
Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:German sports drama films
Category:1940s sports drama films
Category:Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Category:Films set in the 1920s
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:1940s German-language films
Category:Films scored by Alois Melichar
Category:German-language sports drama films
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