Carl Peters (1941)

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Carl Peters (Original Title)

StoryLine

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.

Details

Genres: History Drama
Country: Germany
Original Language: de
Release Date: 21/03/1941
Companies: Bavaria-Filmkunst
Run Time: 110 min
Popularity: 6.135
Spoken Languages: Deutsch English
Status: Released