''The Rider on the White Horse'' (German: ''Der Schimmelreiter'') is a 1934 German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

written and directed by

Hans Deppe Hans Deppe (; 12 November 1897 – 23 September 1969) was a German actor and film director. Filmography As director As actor References External links * 1897 births 1969 deaths German male film actors German television dire ...

and Curt Oertel and starring

Mathias Wieman Mathias Wieman (Carl Heinrich Franz Mathias Wieman; 23 June 1902 – 3 December 1969) was a German stage-performer, silent-and-sound motion picture actor. Life and career Early life Wieman was born in Osnabrück, the only son of Carl Philipp A ...

, Marianne Hoppe and Ali Ghito.O'Brien, Mary-Elizabeth. ''Nazi Cinema as Enchantment: The Politics of Entertainment in the Third Reich''. Camden House, 2006. p. 47. It was based on the novel of the same name by

Theodor Storm Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (; 14 September 18174 July 1888), commonly known as Theodor Storm, was a German writer. He is considered to be one of the most important figures of German realism. Life Storm was born in the small town of Husum, on the ...

. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Gabriel Pellon Gabriel Pellon (1900–1975) was a German painter and art director.Shandley p.212 Pellon was born in Metz, which was then part of the German Empire having been annexed from France at the end of the Franco-Prussian War. When Metz was later annex ...

. It was shot on location in

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...

Cast

as Hauke Haien * Marianne Hoppe as Elke * Ali Ghito as Vollina *

as Knecht Iven *

Walther Süssenguth Walther Süssenguth (February 8, 1900 - April 28, 1964) was a German actor. Filmography External links * 1900 births 1964 deaths People from Schleiz People from the Principality of Reuss-Gera German male film actors 20th-century Germ ...

as Ole Peters *

Wilhelm Diegelmann Wilhelm Diegelmann (28 September 1861 – 1 March 1934) was a German actor. Career Diegelmann's first stage appearance was in 1878 in the chorus for the Frankfurt Opera. In 1881 he debuted at the Frankfurt City Theater, playing King Lear, Will ...

as Tede Volkerts *

Eduard von Winterstein Eduard Clemens Franz Anna Freiherr von Wangenheim (1 August 1871 – 22 July 1961), known as Eduard von Winterstein, was an Austrian-German film actor who appeared in over one hundred fifty German films during the silent and sound eras. He was ...

as Oberdeichgraf *Margarethe Albrecht as Base *Walter Griep as Gypsy *

Walter Werner Walter Gotthard Werner (11 April 1883 – 8 January 1956) was a German actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1921 to 1956. Selected filmography References External links * 1883 births 1956 deaths German male film actor ...

as Iewe Manners

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* German disaster films German epic films Films of Nazi Germany Films directed by Hans Deppe Flood films Films based on German novels Films based on works by Theodor Storm German black-and-white films Films set in the 18th century 1930s historical drama films German historical drama films 1930s German-language films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub