The Legacy of Pretoria

1934 film

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The Legacy of Pretoria

Directed by| Johannes Meyer
Written by|

* Walter Wassermann
* Ludwig von Wohl (novel)

Produced by|

* Gustl Lautenbacher
* Otto Ernst Lubitz

Starring|

* Paul Hartmann
* Charlotte Susa
* Paul Henckels

Cinematography| Karl Hasselmann
Edited by| Gottlieb Madl
Music by| Hans Carste

Production
companies

* Bavaria Film
* Atalanta-Film

Distributed by| Bavaria Film

Release date

* 19 October 1934 (1934-10-19)

Running time

| 95 minutes
Country| Germany
Language| German

The Legacy of Pretoria (German: Das Erbe von Pretoria) is a 1934 German drama film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Paul Hartmann, Charlotte Susa and Paul Henckels.[1] It was based on the novel Die Reise nach Pretoria by Ludwig von Wohl. A German man inherits a business in South Africa, but struggles to run it.

It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder.

## Cast[edit]

* 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[edit]

1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 193

## Bibliography[edit]

* Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

## External links[edit]

* The Legacy of Pretoria at IMDb

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