---
title: 'Water for Canitoga (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Herbert Selpin'
released: '1939-03-10'
runtime_minutes: 119
genres:
  - 'Western'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/water-for-canitoga-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032111/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Water for Canitoga (1939)

1939 · 119 min · Western, Adventure · Germany

Original title: Wasser für Canitoga

## Synopsis

Water for Canitoga is a 1939 German western film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Susa and Josef Sieber. The film is a "Northern", set in Canada in 1905 where an engineer is working to construct a new water supply system despite repeated attempts at sabotage. It is based on a play by Hans Rehfisch, Otto Eis and Egon Eis.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Herbert Selpin](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-selpin)
- **Screenplay:** [Walter Zerlett-Olfenius](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-zerlett-olfenius), [Emil Burri](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-burri), [Peter Francke](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-francke)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peter Kreuder](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-kreuder)
- **Producer:** [Carl W. Tetting](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-w-tetting)
- **Director of Photography:** [Josef Illig](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-illig), [Franz Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-koch)
- **Editor:** [Lena Neumann](https://cinepixo.com/people/lena-neumann)

## Cast

- [Bruno Ziener](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-ziener)
- [Beppo Brem](https://cinepixo.com/people/beppo-brem)
- [Andrews Engelmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrews-engelmann)
- [Hilde Sessak](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-sessak)
- [Hans Mierendorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-mierendorff)
- [Arnulf Schröder](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnulf-schroder)
- [Karl Dannemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-dannemann)
- [Katja Bennefeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/katja-bennefeld)
- [Arthur Reinhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-reinhardt)
- [Willy Rösner](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-rosner)
- [Ernst Rotmund](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-rotmund)
- [Josef Sieber](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-sieber)
- [Charlotte Susa](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-susa)
- [Lewis Brody](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-brody)
- [Hans Albers](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-albers)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/water-for-canitoga-1939
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