Iron Gustav (TV series)
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Genre | Comedy drama |
Based on | Iron Gustav by Hans Fallada |
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Directed by | Wolfgang Staudte |
Starring | Gustav Knuth |
Composer | Friedrich Scholz |
Country of origin | West Germany |
Original language | German |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
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Cinematography | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Südwestfunk |
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Original network | ARD |
Original release | 27 August 8 October 1979 | –
Iron Gustav (German: Der eiserne Gustav) is West German television series which originally aired on ARD in seven episodes between 27 August and 8 October 1979.[1] [2] It is based on the 1938 novel Iron Gustav by Hans Fallada about a Berlin taxi driver still using a horse-drawn carriage, and the hardships he faces due to increasing competition from motor cars in the Weimar Era. In 1928 to demonstrate what he can still do he takes his carriage from Berlin to Paris.
Main cast[]
- Gustav Knuth as Gustav Hackendahl
- as Grete Hackendahl
- as Eva Hackendahl
- Volker Lechtenbrink as Erich Hackendahl
- as Heinz Hackendahl
- as Gertrud Gudde
- as Eugen Bast
- as Sophie Hackendahl
- as Dr. Pasolt
- Inge Landgut as Mutter Quaas
- as Irma Hackendahl
- Rainer Hunold as Wilhelm Hackendahl
- as Tinette Blanc
- as Schuldirektor
- Käthe Haack as Marlene
- Heinz Meier as Herr Tümmel
- Brigitte Mira as Frau Pauli
- Günter Strack as Bankdirektor Hoppe
- as Erich Menz
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
- Rentschler, Eric . German Film & Literature. Routledge, 2013.
External links[]
- Iron Gustav at IMDb
Categories:
- 1979 German television series debuts
- 1979 German television series endings
- 1970s drama television series
- German-language television shows
- Television shows set in Berlin
- Television shows set in Paris
- Television series set in the 1920s