Germanin is a 1943 German drama film directed by Max W. Kimmich and starring Peter Petersen, Luis Trenker and Lotte Koch. The film's sets were designed by the art director Anton Weber. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and the Cinecittà Studios in Rome with on location around Rome. It is adapted from the novel of the same title by Hellmuth Unger, as well as the uncredited use of material from Tsetse by Norbert Jacques. Like the 1941 film Carl Peters it was produced as an anti-British propaganda film attacking the British Empire in Africa.
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Synopsis
A German medical expedition heads to Central Africa aims to test the suramin serum known as Germanin in order to treat the deadly sleeping sickness spread by the tsetse fly. When the First World War breaks out British troops attack and destroy the medical mission. One of the doctors, Hans Hofer is able to flee with the important information of their research. After the war they return to the territory, now a British colony due to the Peace of Versailles, to cure the locals with the Germanin medicine. However the British attempt to sabotage their efforts and instead promote a much inferior drug produced by their American allies.
Cast
Peter Petersen as Professor Achenbach
Luis Trenker as Doctor Hans Hofer
Lotte Koch as Anna Meinhardt
Albert Lippert as Colonel Crosby
Rudolf Blümner as Geheimrat Wißberg
Gerda von der Osten as Sekretärin der Bayer-Werke AG
Ernst Stimmel as Direktor Claassen
Karl Günther as Doctor Bode
Henry Stuart as Sir Edward Craigh
Helmuth Helsig as Doctor Gordon
Joe Münch-Harris as Captain Evans
Louis Brody as King Wapunga
Valy Arnheim as English Diplomat
Hans Bergmann as English Sergeant
Erich Kestin as Straßenhändler
Herbert Weissbach as Unfreundlicher Fahrgast