Cast of Characters in Feature Films for HS 143

1. Hitler Youth Quex (1933)

• Characters: 
  • Heini Völker, with Father and Mother
  • Stoppel, the Communist Youth Organizer
  • Gerda, his Communist "girlfriend"
  • SA Bannführer Hass, the Nazi Leader
  • Fritz and Uhla Dörries, Brother and Sister Youth Leaders
  • Wilde, Leader of Communist Murder Squad
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2. Triumph of the Will (1935) Film of the 1934 Nüremberg Rally

• Speakers:
  • Adolf Hitler, Führer and Reichs Chancellor
  • Rudolf Hess, Party Secretary of the NSDAP
  • Alfred Rosenberg: Editor of the Party's Newspaper, Der Völkische Beobachter
  • Joseph Goebbels, Director of Party Propaganda
  • Baldur von Schirach, Hitler Youth Leader
  • Constantin Herrl, Leader of the Party's German Labor Service
  • Julius Streicher, Party Leader [Gauleiter] of Nüremberg

3. SA Man Brand (1933)

• Characters:
  • SA Mann Fritz Brand, with his mother and father
  • Frau Lohne and her son, Erich , fellow renters
  • Herr Anton Huber and wife, Josefina, the landlord
  • Anni Baumann, Brand's girlfriend
  • Herr and Frau Baumann, and two sons, local Communists
  • Herr Durov, a Soviet agent and Communist organizer

4. Old and Young King (1936)

• Characters:
  • King Frederick Wilhelm I of Prussia (Father)
  • Queen Sophie Dorothea
  • Crown Prince Frederick (Fritz)
  • Princess Wilhelmina (Fritz's sister)
  • Lieutenant Hans Hermann von Katte
  • General (ret) von Katte (his father)

5. Ich klage an (I accuse) (1938)

• Characters:
  • Professor Dr.Thomas Heidt
  • Hannah Heidt (his wife)
  • Dr. Bernhard Lang, Hannah's childhood friend
  • Berta, Hannah's childhood nurse and now housemaid
  • Edward Stretter, Hannah's brother
  • Dr. Barbara Borchardt, Dr. Helmut Hölfer, the Professor's two lab assistants
  • Judges, Prosecuting Attorney, Defense Attorney

6. Carl Peters (1939)

• Characters:
  • Carl Peters, and his mother
  • Carl Jülke, his friend and fellow adventurer
  • Karl Engel, Carl's uncle in London
  • Councillor Leo Kyser, Head of the Colonial Office
  • Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and King Wilhelm I

7.Heimkehr (Homecoming) (1940)

• Characters:
  • Marie Thomas, a school teacher in a German-speaking village in the "Polish Corridor"
  • Dr. Fritz Thomas, her husband a research physician
  • Marie's father, the beloved old village Doctor
  • Karl, an old friend of the family, currently serving in the Polish army
  • Louis and Magda Launhardt, and their wo young sons

8. Jud Süss (Jew Suess or Jew Joey) (1941)

• Characters:
  • Joseph Oppenheimer (Jew Süss)
  • Carl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
  • Sturm, President of the Württemberg Parliament
  • Dorothea Sturm, his daughter,
  • Faber, Sturm's Secretary and Dorothea's fiancee
  • The Duchess, and Carl Alexander's Mistress
  • Hans Böckner, a village blacksmith
  • Various Jews (all played by the actor Werner Kraus)

9. Der Grosse König (The Great King) (1942)

• Characters:
  • King Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great)
  • Prince Heinrich, the King's brother and C-in-C of Prussian Army
  • Louisa, Daughter of the Kunersdorf Miller
  • Sergeant Paul Teschkow, a soldier in the Bernberg Regiment
  • Colonel Rochow, new commander of the Berenberg Regiment
  • Prince Heinrich, the king's young nephew
  • General Schenkendorf and a variety of generals
  • General Chernikov, leader of the Russian Army

10. Ohm Kruger (Grandpa Kruger) (1943)

• Characters:
  • Paul Kruger, President of the Transsval, with his wife
  • Jan Kruger, his eldest son, with wife and family
  • Paul Koch, a parliamentary representative, and his wife
  • Cecil Rhodes, the English adventurer
  • Joseph Chamberlain, British Colonial Secretary
  • Queen Victoria, and her son, the Prince of Wales

11. Die große Liebe (A Great Love) (1944)

• Characters:
  • Hanna Holberg, a famous Scandinavian singer
  • Paul Wendtland, a Luftwaffe officer
  • Alexander Rubitsky, Hanna's componist and manager
  • Kathy, Hanna's dresser and maid
  • Alfred, the leader of a group of acrobats

12. Kolberg (1944-45)

• Characters:
  • Joachim Nettelbeck, Mayor of Kolberg
  • Farmer Nettelbeck, the mayor's brother, with children Klaus, Maria, and Friedrick Nettelbeck
  • Councillor Guldning, a rich merchant
  • Lieutenant Schill, leader of a Prussian Free Corps
  • General Laucaudou, the French Commandant
  • King Frederick Wilhelm II, and Queen Louisa
  • Captain Gneisenau, the new Prussian commandant of Kolberg