Uncle Krüger (1941)
An anti-British propaganda film from Nazi Germany which depicts the life of the South African politician Paul Kruger and his eventual defeat by the British during the Boer War.
Top billed cast
Emil JanningsOhm (Paul)Krüger
Lucie HöflichSanna Krüger
Werner HinzJan Krüger
Gisela UhlenPetra, seine Frau
Ernst SchröderAdrian Krüger
Elisabeth FlickenschildtFrau Kock
Ferdinand MarianCecil John Rhodes
Gustaf GründgensJoseph Chamberlain
Eduard von WintersteinKommandant Cronje
Hedwig WangelKönigin Victoria
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