Turtledove General Delivery
| Turtledove General Delivery | |
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| Directed by | Gerhard T. Buchholz |
| Written by | Gerhard T. Buchholz |
| Produced by | Gerhard T. Buchholz |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz |
| Music by | Hans-Martin Majewski |
Production company | Occident Film |
| Distributed by | Diamant-Filmverleih |
Release date | 29 July 1952 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Turtledove General Delivery (German: Postlagernd Turteltaube) is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Gerhard T. Buchholz and starring Horst Niendorf, Barbara Rütting and .[1] The title is a reference to the Poste restante mail service, which is used as a contract point by the film's characters. The film portrays a number of residents of East Germany who decide to escape to the West.
Cast[]
- Horst Niendorf as Max Beutner
- Barbara Rütting as Ilse Krüger
- as Fürchtegott Plischke
- as Ida Plischke, seine Frau
- Wolfgang Jansen as Ernst, deren Sohn
- Reinhard Kolldehoff
- Wolfgang Condrus as Gustav, deren Sohn
- as Adolf, deren Sohn
- Hermann Schomberg as Professor Richard Gomoll
- as Jutta Gomoll - seine Frau
- Olga Limburg as Freifrau Hermione von Gilsen-Bernburg
- Alf Marholm as Benno Perlitz, Zeichner
- as Wolfgang Hartung, Redakteur
- as Lena Forche, Redakteurin
- Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Arthur Gomoll, Generaldirektor
- Roma Bahn as Camilla Gomoll, seine Frau
References[]
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 305
Bibliography[]
- Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links[]
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Categories:
- German-language films
- 1952 films
- 1952 comedy films
- German comedy films
- West German films
- Films directed by Gerhard T. Buchholz
- Cold War films
- Films critical of communism
- German black-and-white films
- 1950s German film stubs