The white African

Movie
Original title	The white African
Country of production	Germany , South Africa
original language	German
Publishing year	2004
length	180 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Martin Enlen
script	Wolfgang Stauch
production	Markus Gruber for D & D Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH (Berlin)
music	Dieter Schleip
camera	Philipp Timme
cut	Monika Abspacher
occupation
Tim Bergmann : Hans Merensky Nathalie Boltt : Rosa von Zülow Hans-Werner Meyer : Albrecht Sterenberg Katja Studt : Charlotte Sterenberg Rainer Will : General Sterenberg Simo Magwaza : Mashaba Oliver Breite : Otto Baerecke Fritz Karl : Gustav von Thun Michael Tregor : Franz Wipplinger Gerd Silberbauer : Cees van Tonderen Elize Cawood : Emma van Tonderen

The White African is a two-part drama by director Martin Enlen from 2004. In the lead role , Tim Bergmann embodies the German-born Hans Merensky , who first grew up in South Africa, then moved to Berlin, where he lived for a long time and trained as a geologist finally to arrive back in his original homeland, South Africa.

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The film takes place at the end of the 19th century. In 1893, after his father was murdered in South Africa, Hans Merensky, of German descent, had to leave his homeland there. Adopted by a family of officers in Berlin, he grew up there with his two siblings Albrecht and Charlotte. Albrecht sees Hans as the ideal husband for his sister Charlotte. But Hans doesn't really feel at home in Germany, because he always has to think of South Africa, his real home. When he took up the profession of geologist, Hans returned to South Africa, despite the disappointment of his family in Berlin.

Once there, Hans goes in search of mineral resources and gets into a rivalry with his former friend and stepbrother Albrecht, who, like Hans, takes the route to South Africa. To make matters worse, the fact that both love the same woman, Rosa von Zülow, and thus the rivalry between the two is further intensified.

Production notes

Markus Gruber produced the film for D&D Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH (Berlin) , in co-production with WDR , SWR , Degeto Film and Philo Films (Ply) Ltd. in cooperation with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd.

Frantek Brandt assisted Philipp Timme with the camera work and Su Proebster was responsible for the film construction. The working title of the film during the shooting was "Platinum". The shooting took place in South Africa ( Johannesburg , Pretoria and Kimberley ), Wuppertal ( town hall ) and Bochum ( railway museum ).

Publication dates

The white African was first shown at the Hamburg Film Festival on September 28, 2004. It was first broadcast on television on November 3 and 4, 2004 on ARD . The film opened in France on September 10, 2006 and in Finland on July 1, 2008.

Reviews

The lexicon of international film describes the film as a "[t] rivial-adventurous (television) family saga, set at the beginning of the 20th century."

Web links

• The white Africans in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The white African in the lexicon of international film
• The white African at moviepilot
• The white African at Kino.de
• The white African in TV feature film
• The white African at the Berliner Zeitung

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The white African. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved September 29, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Platinum (AT) - Start of shooting for historical two-parter in South Africa. In: WDR press portal. Retrieved September 29, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Der weisse Afrikaner (TV Movie 2004) - Filming Locations - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015 . 
4. ^ ^{A b} The White African in the Lexicon of International Films
5. ↑ Der weisse Afrikaner (TV Movie 2004) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015 .