Movie Description

Carl Peters

(1941)

Overview

National-Socialist propaganda film that serves to memorialize one of the early representatives of colonialism: the German philologist Carl Peters. He is, at the end of the 1900′s, a noted advocate of the establishment of a German colony. Without support from Germany, he struggles on his own account against the English in East Africa. Later he is named Reichskommissar and promotes the expansion of a German colony. But Jewish and Social-Democrat opponents order him back to Germany and force him to resign.

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Original TitleCarl Peters

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1941-03-21

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 50m

Production CompaniesBavaria-Filmkunst

Genres

  • History
  • Drama