Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika (1934) Deutsch

Directed by Herbert Selpin Written by Marie Luise Droop (novel & screenplay), Wilhelm Stöppler (dramaturge) Sepp Rist as Deutscher Farmer Peter Hellhoff / Hauptmann der Reserve Ilse Stobrawa as Gerda, seine Frau Ludwig Gerner as Hellhoffs Assistant Lossow Rudolf Klicks as Volontär Wilm Klix Peter Voß as Englischer Farmer Robert Cresswell Sepp Rist plays the role of Hellhoff, a German farmer in German East Africa, who is conscripted into the Schutztruppe (German armed colonial force) at the beginning of the First World War. His wife Gerda and the young volunteer Klix manage the plantation while he is away. In 1916, the plantation is occupied by a British unit. The commander, Major Cresswell, knows Gerda is secretly supplying Hellhoff and his comrades who are concealed in the bush. He tries to use his old friendship with the Hellhoffs put a stop to her activities. In order to carry out his duty as a British officer, he has his troops occupy the area’s water supply to force the German soldiers to surrender. As H