Carl Peters
1941, German. Directed by Herbert Selpin.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Herbert SelpinDirector
- Hans AlbersDr. Carl Peters
- Fritz OdemarGraf Pfeil
- Herbert HübnerLeo Kayser
- Ernst Fritz FürbringerWehr-Bandelin
- Erika von ThellmannFrau Kayser
- Hans LeibeltProf. Karl Engel
- Reinhold BerntUnteroffizier Hansen
- Jack TrevorBritish Consul
- Philipp ManningSir Anthony Cerry
- Rolf PraschKaiser Wilhelm I
- Bayume Mohamed HusenRamasan
Details
- Released
- 21 March 1941
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Walter Zerlett-Olfenius, Herbert Selpin, Ernst von Salomon
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Carl Peters isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 March 1941. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Carl Peters?
Carl Peters (1941) was directed by Herbert Selpin and stars Hans Albers, Fritz Odemar, Herbert Hübner.