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Water for Canitoga
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Wikipedia article
'Water for Canitoga' (German: 'Wasser fr 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.Hull p.223 It is based on a play by Hans Rehfisch, Otto Eis and Egon Eis.
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 Vo as Chefingenieur Captain Gilbert Trafford
* Hilde Sessak as Sekretrin Winifred Gardener
* Andrews Engelmann as Ruski
* Karl Dannemann as Dyke
* Hans Mierendorff as Old Shatterhand
* Heinrich Schroth as Gouverneur
* Ernst Fritz Frbringer as Sheriff von Canitoga
* Beppo Brem as Sprengmeister bei der Sabotage
* Willy Rsner as Bauarbeiter Reeve
* Carl Wery as Vorarbeiter Westbrook
* Heinrich Kalnberg as Sprengmeister Reechy
* Katja Bennefeld as Straenmdchen in der Silvesternacht
* Peter Busse as Silvesterfeiernder
* Henry Ple 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 Schrder as Lagerarzt
* Bruno Ziener as Professor Deutsch
* Louis Brody as Johnny
References
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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