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Director:
Frank Beyer
Writers:
Frank Beyer (writer)
Hans Oliva (scenario)
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Release Date:
27 December 1963 (East Germany) See more »
Genre:
Comedy See more »
Plot:
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Cast

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Erwin Geschonneck ... Kalle
Marita Böhme ... Karla
Manja Behrens ... Clara
Margot Busse ... Karin
Kurt Rackelmann ... Riese
Rudolf Asmus ... Sänger
Hans-Dieter Schlegel ... US-Offizier
Fred Delmare ... Kutscher
Bruno Carstens ... Polizeikommissar
Aleksei Presnetsov ... Sowjetischer Kommandant (as A. M. Presnezow)
L.P. Svetlov ... Wirtschaftsoffizier (as L.P. Swetlow)
Werner Möhring ... Peter
Peter Dommisch ... Paul
Fred Ludwig ... Ganove
Günter Rüger ... Mann mit Marmeladeneimer
Fritz Diez ... Arbeiter (as Fritz Dietz)
Jochen Thomas ... LKW-Fahrer
Elsa Grube-Deister ... Frau im Sägewerk
Gina Presgott ... Frau im Sägewerk
Otto Saltzmann ... Alter Mann
Albert Zahn ... LKW-Fahrer
Wolfram Handel ... Beifahrer
Gerd Ehlers ... Fleischer
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff ... Kommissar
Agnes Kraus ... Frau auf dem Friedhof
Sabine Thalbach ... Frau auf dem Friedhof
Else Korén ... Frau auf dem Friedhof
Maria Besendahl ... Frau auf dem Friedhof
Gertrud Brendler ... Frau auf dem Friedhof
Frank Michelis ... Arbeiter
Hermann Eckhardt ... Arbeiter
Georg Helge ... Arbeiter
Peter Kalisch ... Mann mit Hut
Anita Drechsler
Hanna Rieger
Jochen Diestelmann
Harald Moszdorf
Horst Giese
Werner Pfeifer
Eberhard Schneider
Gisela Graupner
Ilona Rüger
Hans Schmidt
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Directed by
Frank Beyer 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Frank Beyer  writer
Hans Oliva  scenario

Original Music by
Joachim Werzlau 
 
Cinematography by
Günter Marczinkowsky 
 
Film Editing by
Hildegard Conrad 
 
Production Design by
Alfred Hirschmeier 
 
Costume Design by
Helga Scherff 
 
Makeup Department
Lothar Stäglich .... makeup artist
Rosemarie Stäglich .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Gert Klisch .... unit manager
Oscar Ludmann .... unit manager (as Oskar Ludmann)
Martin Sonnabend .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Helmut Dziuba .... assistant director
Sigrid Meyer .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Theo Görgens .... property master
Bruno Möller .... set builder
Willi Schafer .... set builder
 
Sound Department
Bernd Gerwien .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Jörg Erkens .... assistant camera
Günther Müller .... lighting design
Hans-Jürgen Sasse .... second camera operator
Heinz Wenzel .... still photographer
 
Other crew
Christel Gräf .... dramaturgist
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Carbide and Sorrel" - USA (festival title)
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Runtime:
Germany:85 min
Country:
East Germany
Language:
German
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
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Certification:
West Germany:16
Filming Locations:
Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Company:
Deutsche Film (DEFA)See more »

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Trivia:
The episode of Kalle getting stuck in a minefield looking for mushrooms is based on a real-life experience of Kurt Maetzig.See more »

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Comedic odyssey to deliver rebuilding material after WW2., 29 April 2007
Author: Vortrek from United States

Filmed by the famous East German DEFA studio, this 1963 film looks back at the immediate post war life in the Soviet zone of defeated Germany in 1945. As such, political notes are not to be missed. The one American character is a stupid Army officer with incredibly ugly teeth patrolling the Elbe River in a nice little motorboat. On the other hand, a Soviet officer is a handsome, intelligent, decent man. There are ruins, but people aren't in absolute misery; they're rebuilding the future. This film does not have the despair and nihilism of the real Truemmer Filme produced in the early post war years. Geshonneck delivers an excellent character, an Anthony Quinn with a subtler touch. Despite the political touches, this is a sweet comedy, the type that keeps you smiling, not guffawing. A good film for people interested in post War Europe, even if it looks back with a telescope of almost twenty years.

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