Turtledove General Delivery
{{short description|1952 West German comedy film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Turtledove General Delivery
| image =Turtledove General Delivery.jpg
| caption =
| director = Gerhard T. Buchholz
| producer = Gerhard T. Buchholz
| writer = Gerhard T. Buchholz
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Horst Niendorf|Barbara Rütting|Heinz Schacht}}
| music = Hans-Martin Majewski
| cinematography = Peter Zeller
| editing = Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz
| studio = Occident Film
| distributor = Diamant-Filmverleih
| released = {{Film date|1952|07|29|df=yes}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = West Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
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Turtledove General Delivery ({{langx|de|Postlagernd Turteltaube}}) is a 1952 West German comedy film directed by Gerhard T. Buchholz and starring Horst Niendorf, Barbara Rütting and Heinz Schacht.Bock & Bergfelder p. 305 The title is a reference to the Poste restante mail service, which is used as a contact point by the film's characters. The film portrays a number of residents of East Germany who decide to escape to the West.
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Horst Niendorf as Max Beutner
- Barbara Rütting as Ilse Krüger
- Heinz Schacht as Fürchtegott Plischke
- Ilse Parther as Ida Plischke, seine Frau
- Wolfgang Jansen as Ernst, deren Sohn
- Reinhard Kolldehoff
- Wolfgang Condrus as Gustav, deren Sohn
- Frietmar Wehner as Adolf, deren Sohn
- Hermann Schomberg as Professor Richard Gomoll
- Emilie Altvater as Jutta Gomoll - seine Frau
- Olga Limburg as Freifrau Hermione von Gilsen-Bernburg
- Alf Marholm as Benno Perlitz, Zeichner
- Paul Albert Krumm as Wolfgang Hartung, Redakteur
- Lu Säuberlich as Lena Forche, Redakteurin
- Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Arthur Gomoll, Generaldirektor
- Roma Bahn as Camilla Gomoll, seine Frau
}}
References
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Bibliography
- Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0045046}}
Category:1950s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Gerhard T. Buchholz
Category:Films critical of communism
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Hans-Martin Majewski
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