# Riding for Germany > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Riding_for_Germany > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Riding_for_Germany.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_for_Germany > Source revision: 1352960079 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1941 film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt Riding for Germany German Reitet für Deutschland Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt Written by Josef Maria Frank Clemens Laar Fritz Reck-Malleczewen Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Langen Richard H. Riedel Produced by Richard H. Riedel Starring Willy Birgel Gertrud Eysoldt Gerhild Weber Rudolf Schündler Cinematography Werner Krien Edited by Kurt Hampp Music by Alois Melichar Production company UFA Distributed by UFA Release date 11 April 1941 (1941-04-11) Running time 92 minutes Country Nazi Germany Language German ***Riding for Germany*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Reitet für Deutschland***) is a 1941 German [drama film](/source/Drama_(film_and_television)) directed by [Arthur Maria Rabenalt](/source/Arthur_Maria_Rabenalt) and starring [Willy Birgel](/source/Willy_Birgel), [Gertrud Eysoldt](/source/Gertrud_Eysoldt) and Gerhild Weber.[1] A German cavalry officer, badly injured during the [First World War](/source/World_War_I), emerges as a leading competitor in post-war [equestrian](/source/Equestrianism) events. ## Cast - [Willy Birgel](/source/Willy_Birgel) as Rittmeister Ernst von Brenken - [Gertrud Eysoldt](/source/Gertrud_Eysoldt) as Tante Ulle - Gerhild Weber as Tomasia Kolrep - [Herbert A.E. Böhme](/source/Herbert_A.E._B%C3%B6hme) as Olav Kolrep - [Willi Rose](/source/Willi_Rose) as Karl Marten - [Rudolf Schündler](/source/Rudolf_Sch%C3%BCndler) as Generaldirektor Brenner - [Paul Dahlke](/source/Paul_Dahlke_(actor)) as Dolinski - [Hans Zesch-Ballot](/source/Hans_Zesch-Ballot) as Brigadekommandeur - [Walter Werner](/source/Walter_Werner) as Geheimrat - [Gerhard Dammann](/source/Gerhard_Dammann) as Fuhrwerksbesitzer - [Hans Quest](/source/Hans_Quest) as Sohn des Fuhrwerksbesitzers - [Peter Elsholtz](/source/Peter_Elsholtz) as Deutscher Ulan - [Herbert Hübner](/source/Herbert_H%C3%BCbner) as Pferdehändler - Karl Kahlmann as Regierungspräsident - [Walter Lieck](/source/Walter_Lieck) as Prosiger, Pferdehändler - [Ruth Lommel](/source/Ruth_Lommel) as Junge Frau - [Klaus Pohl](/source/Klaus_Pohl_(actor)) as Gerichtsvollzieher - [Armin Schweizer](/source/Armin_Schweizer) as Kapellmeister - Karl Junge-Swinburne as Leiter des Reitturniers - [Angelo Ferrari](/source/Angelo_Ferrari) as Italienischer Offizier - Karl Jüstel as Ausländischer Offizier - [Jakob Sinn](/source/Jakob_Sinn) as Henseleit, Gutsinspektor - [Marianne Stanior](/source/Marianne_Stanior) as Brenners Sekretärin - [Wolfgang Staudte](/source/Wolfgang_Staudte) as Rebenschütz, Wachtmeister - [Ewald Wenck](/source/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](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Knut_Hartwig_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Polizei-Wachtmeister - [Leopold von Ledebur](/source/Leopold_von_Ledebur) as Toms Logennachbar in Genf - Benno Mueller as Stationsvorstand - [Jaspar von Oertzen](/source/Jaspar_von_Oertzen) as Von Burt, Adjutant des Kommandeurs - Hellmuth Passarge as horse dealer - [Ernst Rotmund](/source/Ernst_Rotmund) as Galician horse dealer - Eduard Wenck as Pferdehändler - [Anton Pointner](/source/Anton_Pointner) as reporter - [Paul Rehkopf](/source/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](/source/List_of_films_about_horses) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Hake, Sabine (2001). [*Popular Cinema of the Third Reich*](https://archive.org/details/popularcinemaoft0000hake). Austin, TX: [University of Texas Press](/source/University_of_Texas_Press). p. 225. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0292734581](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0292734581). ## External links - [*Riding for Germany*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033303/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt What Am I Without You (1934) Pappi (1934) The Love of the Maharaja (1936) Men Are That Way (1939) Escape in the Dark (1939) Midsummer Night's Fire (1939) The Three Codonas (1940) Achtung! Feind hört mit! [de] (1940) Riding for Germany (1941) Front Theatre (1942) My Wife Theresa (1942) Circus Renz (1943) Love Premiere (1943) Life Calls (1944) Chemistry and Love (1948) Everything Will Be Better in the Morning (1948) Anonymous Letters (1949) Martina (1949) Nights on the Nile (1949) The Woman from Last Night (1950) Regimental Music (1950) Immortal Light (1951) Wedding in the Hay (1951) The White Adventure (1952) The Forester's Daughter (1952) We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952) Alraune (1952) The Mistress of Treves (1952) The Immortal Vagabond (1953) Lavender (1953) The Last Waltz (1953) The Bird Seller (1953) The Little Czar (1954) The Gypsy Baron (1954) Love Is Just a Fairytale (1955) As Long as There Are Pretty Girls (1955) Operation Sleeping Bag (1955) Between Time and Eternity (1956) The Marriage of Doctor Danwitz (1956) Call Girls (1957) Spring in Berlin (1957) That Won't Keep a Sailor Down (1958) A Woman Who Knows What She Wants (1958) Arena of Fear (1959) What a Woman Dreams of in Springtime (1959) Big Request Concert (1960) Man in the Shadows (1961) Sharks on Board (1971) This article related to a German film of the 1940s is a stub. 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