Riding for Germany

{{Short description|1941 film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film |name = Riding for Germany |image =Riding for Germany.jpg |caption = |native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Reitet für Deutschland}} |director = [[Arthur Maria Rabenalt]] |writer = {{ubl|Josef Maria Frank|Clemens Laar|[[Fritz Reck-Malleczewen]]|Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Langen|[[Richard H. Riedel]]}} |producer = Richard H. Riedel |starring = {{ubl|[[Willy Birgel]]|[[Gertrud Eysoldt]]|Gerhild Weber|[[Rudolf Schündler]]}} |cinematography = [[Werner Krien]] |editing = Kurt Hampp |music = [[Alois Melichar]] |studio = [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] |distributor = UFA |released = {{Film date|1941|4|11|df=yes}} |runtime = 92 minutes |country = Nazi Germany |language = German }} '''''Riding for Germany''''' ({{langx|de|'''Reitet für Deutschland'''}}) is a 1941 German [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Arthur Maria Rabenalt]] and starring [[Willy Birgel]], [[Gertrud Eysoldt]] and Gerhild Weber.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hake|first=Sabine|title=Popular Cinema of the Third Reich|publisher=[[University of Texas Press]]|year=2001|location=Austin, TX|page=225|isbn=0292734581|url=https://archive.org/details/popularcinemaoft0000hake|url-access=registration}}</ref> A German cavalry officer, badly injured during the [[World War I|First World War]], emerges as a leading competitor in post-war [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] events.

==Cast== {{Cast listing| *[[Willy Birgel]] as Rittmeister Ernst von Brenken *[[Gertrud Eysoldt]] as Tante Ulle *Gerhild Weber as Tomasia Kolrep *[[Herbert A.E. Böhme]] as Olav Kolrep *[[Willi Rose]] as Karl Marten *[[Rudolf Schündler]] as Generaldirektor Brenner *[[Paul Dahlke (actor)|Paul Dahlke]] as Dolinski *[[Hans Zesch-Ballot]] as Brigadekommandeur *[[Walter Werner]] as Geheimrat *[[Gerhard Dammann]] as Fuhrwerksbesitzer *[[Hans Quest]] as Sohn des Fuhrwerksbesitzers *[[Peter Elsholtz]] as Deutscher Ulan *[[Herbert Hübner]] as Pferdehändler *Karl Kahlmann as Regierungspräsident *[[Walter Lieck]] as Prosiger, Pferdehändler *[[Ruth Lommel]] as Junge Frau *[[Klaus Pohl (actor)|Klaus Pohl]] as Gerichtsvollzieher *[[Armin Schweizer]] as Kapellmeister *Karl Junge-Swinburne as Leiter des Reitturniers *[[Angelo Ferrari]] as Italienischer Offizier *Karl Jüstel as Ausländischer Offizier *[[Jakob Sinn]] as Henseleit, Gutsinspektor *[[Marianne Stanior]] as Brenners Sekretärin *[[Wolfgang Staudte]] as Rebenschütz, Wachtmeister *[[Ewald Wenck]] as Alter Kutscher *Franz Ernst Bochum as Brenkens Diener *Fanny Cotta as Krankenschwester *Herbert Gernot as Voigt, Ordonanzoffizier *Willi Witte as Ordonanzoffizier *[[Knut Hartwig (actor)|Knut Hartwig]] as Polizei-Wachtmeister *[[Leopold von Ledebur]] as Toms Logennachbar in Genf *Benno Mueller as Stationsvorstand *[[Jaspar von Oertzen]] as Von Burt, Adjutant des Kommandeurs *Hellmuth Passarge as horse dealer *[[Ernst Rotmund]] as Galician horse dealer *Eduard Wenck as Pferdehändler *[[Anton Pointner]] as reporter *[[Paul Rehkopf]] as Reinboth, Futtermeister *Ferdinand Robert as employee of the race management *Walter Steinweg as German officer }}

==See also== * [[List of films about horses]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0033303}}

[[Category:Films of Nazi Germany]] [[Category:German sports drama films]] [[Category:1940s sports drama films]] [[Category:Films about horses]] [[Category:Horse sports in film]] [[Category:Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt]] [[Category:Films set in 1918]] [[Category:Films set in the 1920s]] [[Category:UFA GmbH films]] [[Category:German black-and-white films]] [[Category:1941 drama films]] [[Category:1941 German-language films]] [[Category:1941 German films]] [[Category:Films scored by Alois Melichar]] [[Category:German-language sports drama films]]