The Cuckoos (1949 film)

The Cuckoos
The Cuckoos
Directed by	Hans Deppe
Written by	; Robert A. Stemmle;
Starring	Ina Halley; Rainer Penkert; Carsta Löck;
Cinematography	Robert Baberske; ;
Edited by
Music by
Production; company	DEFA
Distributed by	Progress Film (East Germany)
Release date	8 April 1949;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Cuckoos (German: Die Kuckucks) is a 1949 German comedy drama film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Ina Halley, Rainer Penkert and Carsta Löck.^[1]

It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film was made in the Soviet Zone, in what would soon become East Germany. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilhelm Vorwerg.

Cast[]

Ina Halley as Inge Kuckert
Rainer Penkert as Hanno Gersdorf
Günther Güssefeldt as Heinz Krüger
Aribert Wäscher as Eberhard Schultz
Carsta Löck as Wanda Merian - Kunstgewerblerin
as Rolf Kuckert
Gertrud Wolle as Frau Poehler - die Wirtin
as Frau Bissig
Heinz Schröder as Max Kuckert
as Manfred Kuckert - Genannt Moritz
as Evchen Kuckert
as Erwin - Maurerlehrling
Knut Hartwig as Meister Miericke
as Klaus - Tischlerlehrling
as Heini - Klemplerlehrling
as Ferdinand - Schlosserlehrling
as Egon - Radiomechanikerlehrling
as Jugendfürsorgerin
as Dame in der Leihbibliothek
Erich Dunskus as Maurer
Karl Hannemann as Wirt der 'Goldenen Traube'
as Leiter der Jugendfürsorge
as Oberkellner
as Schimkat
as Polizist
as Frau Nobel
as Frau Pinselig
as Frau Zottel
as Frau Dickbein
as Herr Hahn
as Stenotypistin
as Krügers Wirtin
as Maurer
Hans Deppe
Herbert Weissbach
Gerda Müller

References[]

^ Pinkert p. 237

Bibliography[]

Karl, Lars & Skopal, Pavel. Cinema in Service of the State: Perspectives on Film Culture in the GDR and Czechoslovakia, 1945–1960. Berghahn Books, 2015.
Pinkert, Anke. Film and Memory in East Germany. Indiana University Press, 2008.

External links[]

The Cuckoos at IMDb

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[1] Pinkert p. 237

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