Carl Peters

Carl Peters

de
PG-13

5

March 1941

History
Drama

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.

Runtime:

1 hour 50 minutes

Status:

Released

Original Language:

de

Budget:

N/A

Revenue:

N/A

Cast