Carl Peters (film)
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Carl Peters is a 1941 German anti-British propaganda film, directed by Herbert Selpin
and starring Hans Albers
.
It depicts Karl Peters
, one of the founders of German East Africa
.
When addressing a parliamentary commission of inquiry, he openly calls for a Hitlerian policy of territorial conquest, which requires hard-headed men, such as himself. He defends executions without trial as a way to prevent an uprising, which, he insists, the parliamentarians could not have prevented. Parliament does not accept this, demonstrating what happens when the Führerprinzip
is not recognized. (The parliamentarians are, in addition, Jews).
This film reflected part of the anger at the terms of peace: all Germany colonies had been lost at the end of World War I.
Its somewhat crude attack on Britain is typical of later films, such as Ohm Krüger
, after Hitler came to the conclusion that no separate peace with Britain was possible, although the British colonial administrators are depicted as more intelligent than those of Germany, who suppress Peters.
Herbert Selpin
Herbert Selpin was a German film director and screenplay author.-Biography:Herbert Selpin was born on May 29, 1902 in Berlin. After his medical studies in the same city, Selpin worked as a dancer, boxer, librarian, and art seller before he obtained, in the mid-1920s, an internship at the Ufa film...
and starring Hans Albers
Hans Albers
Hans Philipp August Albers was a German actor and singer. He was the single biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1945 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century.- Life and work :...
.
It depicts Karl Peters
Karl Peters
Karl Peters , was a German colonial ruler, explorer, politician and author, the prime mover behind the foundation of the German colony of East Africa...
, one of the founders of German East Africa
German East Africa
German East Africa was a German colony in East Africa, which included what are now :Burundi, :Rwanda and Tanganyika . Its area was , nearly three times the size of Germany today....
.
When addressing a parliamentary commission of inquiry, he openly calls for a Hitlerian policy of territorial conquest, which requires hard-headed men, such as himself. He defends executions without trial as a way to prevent an uprising, which, he insists, the parliamentarians could not have prevented. Parliament does not accept this, demonstrating what happens when the Führerprinzip
Führerprinzip
The Führerprinzip , German for "leader principle", prescribes the fundamental basis of political authority in the governmental structures of the Third Reich...
is not recognized. (The parliamentarians are, in addition, Jews).
This film reflected part of the anger at the terms of peace: all Germany colonies had been lost at the end of World War I.
Its somewhat crude attack on Britain is typical of later films, such as Ohm Krüger
Ohm Krüger
Ohm Krüger was a 1941 propaganda film, produced in Nazi Germany, about Paul Kruger in the Boer War. It was the first film to be awarded the 'Film of the Nation' award. It was re-released in 1944.-Plot:...
, after Hitler came to the conclusion that no separate peace with Britain was possible, although the British colonial administrators are depicted as more intelligent than those of Germany, who suppress Peters.