The Legacy of Pretoria
{{short description|1934 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Legacy of Pretoria
| image = The Legacy of Pretoria.jpg
| caption =
| director = Johannes Meyer
| producer = {{ubl|Gustl Lautenbacher|Otto Ernst Lubitz}}
| writer = {{ubl|Walter Wassermann|Ludwig von Wohl (novel)}}
| starring = {{ubl|Paul Hartmann|Charlotte Susa|Paul Henckels}}
| music = Hans Carste
| cinematography = Karl Hasselmann
| editing = Gottlieb Madl
| studio = {{ubl|Bavaria Film|Atalanta-Film}}
| distributor = Bavaria Film
| released = {{film date|1934|10|19|df=y}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = German
| budget =
}}
The Legacy of Pretoria ({{langx|de|Das Erbe von Pretoria}}) is a 1934 German drama film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Paul Hartmann, Charlotte Susa and Paul Henckels.Bock & Bergfelder p. 193 It was based on the novel Die Reise nach Pretoria by Ludwig von Wohl.
It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder.
Synopsis
A German man inherits a business in South Africa, but struggles to run it.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- 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
{{Reflist}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0137495}}
{{Johannes Meyer}}
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Category:1930s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Johannes Meyer
Category:Films based on German novels
Category:Films set in South Africa
Category:Films of Nazi Germany
Category:Films shot at Bavaria Studios
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films based on works by Louis de Wohl
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