Ware für Katalonien (1959)
Overview
At the end of the 1950s, the production of optics in the German Democratic Republic has reached top quality and instigates interest in the West. When national demand rises strongly and at the same time the export to South America heavily decreases, the Volkspolizei - the GDR police force - starts to look into the case. Two seemingly unrelated cases are the starting point for the investigation by second lieutenant Schellenberg of the department for optics racketeering: An old woman who was arrested in the Berlin city railway for trying to smuggle a pair of binoculars to West Berlin, and a dead person in an area of allotments who was involved in obscure dealings with optical devices.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | de |
| Popularity | 0.462 |
Directed By
Richard Groschopp
Crew
Erich Zander
Liane Wilk
Helga Scherff
Max Sandler
Horst Schulze
Richard Groschopp
Richard Groschopp
Lothar Creutz
Carl Andrießen
Helga Emmrich
Hans-Hendrik Wehding
Karl Drömmer
Eugen Klagemann
TOP CAST
Eva-Maria Hagen
Marion Stöckel
Wilfried Ortmann
Hasso Teschendorf
Carola Braunbock
Charlotte Gansauge
Fritz Diez
Captain Gerner
Herwart Grosse
Captain Polland
Hartmut Reck
Sub-lieutenant Schellenberg
Hanna Rimkus
Sabine Falk
Ivan Malré
Bob Georgi
Loni Michelis
Johanna Stöckel
Heinz Scholz
Ferdinand Stöckel
Peter Kiwitt
Eskamillo Lohmann
Gerd Biewer
Teniente Petro Lopez
Heinz-Dieter Knaup
Leutnant Hasselbach
Herbert Grünbaum
Herr Rösli
Charlotte Krulle
Frau Neubert
Walter Lendrich
Herr Neubert
Albert Garbe
Herr Bachmann
Gerhard Frei
Cement-Otto
Walter Jupé
Erwin
Norbert Christian
Sigi
Hans Robert Wille
Bubi
Marianne Wünscher
Clerk in exchange office
Marga Legal
housekeeper
Manfred Krug
Young optics smuggler
Gerd Michael Henneberg
executive Director
Gerlind Ahnert
Employee at Polland
Jean Brahn
Nappo
Anneliese Reppel
Older woman
Ralph Boettner
clerk in the exchange office
Horst Buder
waiter apprentice
Rudolf Christoph
ABV
Dom de Beern
head of operations
Werner Dissel
Portier
Margot Ebert
hairdresser
Erich Fritze
traffic policeman
Paul Funk
Portier
Peter Paul Goes
ABV
Hubert Hoelzke
salesman
Waldemar Jacobi
Laubenpieper
Joachim Konrad
patrol leader
Werner Lierck
truck driver
Günter Margo
Spanish customs officer
Johannes Maus
Holzapfel
Herbert Mewes-Conti
hotel guest
Rudolf Napp
detective
Hanna Rieger
wife in Wielandstrasse
Hildegard Röder
employee of the AZKW
Hans-Dieter Schlegel
VoPo
Paul Streckfuß
salesman
Peter Sturm
Mr. Dupont
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