Water for Canitoga
Water for Canitoga (German: Wasser für Canitoga) is a 1939 German western film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Susa and Josef Sieber. The film is a "Northern", set in Canada in 1905 where an engineer is working to construct a new water supply system despite repeated attempts at sabotage.[1] It is based on a play by Hans Rehfisch, Otto Eis and Egon Eis.
| Water for Canitoga | |
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| Directed by | Herbert Selpin |
| Produced by | C.W. Tetting |
| Written by | Emil Burri Peter Francke Hans Rehfisch (play) Otto Eis (play) Egon Eis (play) |
| Starring | Hans Albers Charlotte Susa Josef Sieber |
| Music by | Peter Kreuder |
| Cinematography | Josef Illig Franz Koch |
| Edited by | Lena Neumann |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
Release date | 10 March 1939 |
Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau, Ludwig Reiber and Arthur Schwarz.
Cast
- Hans Albers as Ingenieur Captain Oliver Montstuart / Bauingenieur Nicholsen
- Charlotte Susa as Lilly
- Josef Sieber as Ingenieur Ingram
- Peter Voß as Chefingenieur Captain Gilbert Trafford
- Hilde Sessak as Sekretärin Winifred Gardener
- Andrews Engelmann as Ruski
- Karl Dannemann as Dyke
- Hans Mierendorff as Old Shatterhand
- Heinrich Schroth as Gouverneur
- Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Sheriff von Canitoga
- Beppo Brem as Sprengmeister bei der Sabotage
- Willy Rösner as Bauarbeiter Reeve
- Carl Wery as Vorarbeiter Westbrook
- Heinrich Kalnberg as Sprengmeister Reechy
- Katja Bennefeld as Straßenmädchen in der Silvesternacht
- Peter Busse as Silvesterfeiernder
- Henry Pleß as Vormann an der Pressluftzentrale
- Fritz Reiff as Ormand, Adjutant des Gouverneurs
- Arthur Reinhardt as Baustellenarbeiter
- Ernst Rotmund as Direktor
- Herta de Salvador as Barfrau
- Arnulf Schröder as Lagerarzt
- Bruno Ziener as Professor Deutsch
- Louis Brody as Johnny
References
- Hull p.223
Bibliography
- Hull, David Stewart. Film in the Third Reich: a study of the German cinema, 1933-1945. University of California Press, 1969.
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