Overview
About how the British broke the Brazilian monopoly on natural rubber. The storyline suggests a complex relation between adventure, military conquest and imperialism.
Director and cast
- Eduard von Borsody Director
- 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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