Kautschuk

About how the British broke the Brazilian monopoly on natural rubber. The storyline suggests a complex relation between adventure, military conquest and imperialism.

Cast

René Deltgen

as Henry Wickham

Gustav Diessl

as Don Alonzo de Ribeira

Herbert Hübner

as Konsul Waverley

Vera von Langen

as Mary

Roma Bahn

as Lady Betty Mortimer

Hans Nielsen

as Kapitän Murray

Valy Arnheim

as Lord Reginald, ihr Gatte

Hans Mierendorff

as Der Lordkanzler

Walter Franck

as Der Gouverneur von Para

Walther Suessenguth

as Der Capitano des Urwaldforts

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