Elephant Fury
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Directed by | Harry Piel |
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Distributed by | UFA |
Release date | 13 October 1953 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Elephant Fury (German: Gesprengte Gitter) is a 1953 West German drama war film directed by and starring Harry Piel.[1] It also features Herbert A.E. Bohme, Hans Zesch-Ballot and Dorothea Wieck. The film had a troubled production history. Originally made between 1940 and 1943 under the title of Panic, it faced censorship problems. Following the end of the Second World War Piel recovered the negative which had fallen into the hands of the occupying Soviet forces. He re-shot some scenes and the film was eventually released more than a decade after it had first begun shooting.
Synopsis[]
During the Second World War, an air raid on a zoo leads to the animals escaping across the city.
Cast[]
- Harry Piel as Großtierfänger Peter Volker
- Herbert A.E. Böhme as Mitarbeiter Fritz Kröger
- Hans Zesch-Ballot as Zoodirektor Thiele
- Dorothea Wieck as Hella Thiele
- Wilhelm P. Krüger as Farmer A. R. Brinkmann
- Ruth Eweler as Christa Brinkmann
- Fritz Hoopts as Farmer H. Sander
- Maria Krahn as Farmerin Küppers
- as Affenwärter Alois Leitner
- as Elefantenwärter F. Müller
- as Raubtierwärter J. Huber
- Beppo Brem as Tiergartenbesucher während eines Fliegerangriffs
- as Tierwärter Becker
- Karl Hellmer
- Karl-Heinz Peters
- Rudolf Vogel
References[]
- ^ Rentschler p.283
Bibliography[]
- Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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Categories:
- German-language films
- 1943 films
- 1953 films
- German war drama films
- West German films
- Films directed by Harry Piel
- World War II films made in wartime
- Films set on the home front during World War II
- Films set in zoos
- German black-and-white films
- 1940s war drama films
- 1950s war drama films
- 1943 drama films
- 1953 drama films
- 1950s German film stubs