Overview
An anti-British propaganda film from Nazi Germany which depicts the life of the South African politician Paul Kruger and his eventual defeat by the British during the Boer War.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Film of the Nation
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Box office
Made on a $2.2M budget
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Setting
Set in South Africa, Switzerland and London
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Music
Music by Theo Mackeben
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Karl Puth, Fritz Arno Wagner and Friedl Behn-Grund
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Harald BrattWriter
- Kurt HeuserWriter
- Arnold KriegerNovel
- Original title
- Ohm Krüger
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 2, 1941
- Original language
- German
- Budget
- $2.2M
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Emil JanningsOhm (Paul)Krüger
Lucie HöflichSanna Krüger
Werner HinzJan Krüger
Gisela UhlenPetra, seine Frau
Ernst SchröderAdrian Krüger
Elisabeth FlickenschildtFrau Kock
Ferdinand MarianCecil John Rhodes
Gustaf GründgensJoseph Chamberlain- Eduard von WintersteinKommandant Cronje
Hedwig WangelKönigin Victoria
Gerhard BienertSchottischer Offizier
Hilde KörberBurenfrau
Wolfgang LukschyJunger englischer Offizier
Franz SchafheitlinLord Kitchener
Harald PaulsenFranzösischer Außenminister
Paul BildtNiederländischer Außenminister
Karl MartellEnglischer Offizier
Flockina von PlatenAgentin Flora Shaw- Frithjof Rüde
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