Morenga 39 years old

Based on a novel of the same title by Uwe Timm and set in 1904 in South Africa, this is an uneven tale of war and intrigue between native South Africans, German colonialists, and British colonialists, a war no one really wins. Gottschalk (Jacques Breuer) and Wenstrup (Edwin Noel) are two German veterinarians who have settled in German Southwest Africa to tend to the needs of cattle ranchers. When a rebellion by a local dissident named Morenga (Ken Gampu) is brutally crushed by the Germans, the two vets get involved, at great risk to themselves, and offer help to the native revolutionaries. What follows is a sequence of battles and skirmishes that ultimately lead to Morenga seeking asylum in South Africa, where the ruling Brits are about as trustworthy as their German counterparts. Morenga was nominated for a Golden Bear award at the 1985 Berlin Film Festival.

Credits

Vernon Dobtcheff as Lohmann

Manfred Seipold as Hauptmann Hans von Koppy

Herbert Weißbach as Oberst Berthold Deimling

Harry Riebauer as v. Estorff

Jacques Breuer as Oberveterinär Gottschalk

Morenga Cast

Name	Character
Vernon Dobtcheff He was 50, now 89 years old	as Lohmann
Manfred Seipold He was 43, 48 years old when he died	as Hauptmann Hans von Koppy
Herbert Weißbach He was 83, 93 years old when he died	as Oberst Berthold Deimling
Harry Riebauer He was 63, 78 years old when he died	as v. Estorff
Jacques Breuer He was 28, now 67 years old	as Oberveterinär Gottschalk

Morenga Crew

Name	Department

Morenga (39 years)

Release day: Tuesday, January 01, 1985