The Legacy of Pretoria
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.
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| Directed by | Johannes Meyer | 
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| Cinematography | Karl Hasselmann | 
| Edited by | Gottlieb Madl | 
| Music by | Hans Carste | 
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| Distributed by | Bavaria Film | 
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Running time  | 95 minutes | 
| Country | Germany | 
| Language | German | 
It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Seefelder.
Cast
    
- 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
    
- Bock & Bergfelder p. 193
 
Bibliography
    
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
 
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