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Ware für Katalonien
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Ware für Katalonien

1959-03-06 · 99 min · ★ 5.5

Crime · Drama

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.

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Directors
Richard Groschopp
Production companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Countries
East Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Eva-Maria HagenEva-Maria HagenMarion Stöckel
Wilfried OrtmannWilfried OrtmannHasso Teschendorf
Carola BraunbockCarola BraunbockCharlotte Gansauge
Fritz DiezFritz DiezCaptain Gerner
Herwart GrosseHerwart GrosseCaptain Polland
Hartmut ReckHartmut ReckSub-lieutenant Schellenberg
Hanna RimkusSabine Falk
Ivan MalréIvan MalréBob Georgi
Loni MichelisJohanna Stöckel
Heinz ScholzFerdinand Stöckel
Peter KiwittPeter KiwittEskamillo Lohmann
Gerd BiewerTeniente Petro Lopez
Heinz-Dieter KnaupLeutnant Hasselbach
Herbert GrünbaumHerr Rösli
Charlotte KrulleFrau Neubert
Walter LendrichWalter LendrichHerr Neubert
Albert GarbeAlbert GarbeHerr Bachmann
Gerhard FreiCement-Otto
Walter JupéWalter JupéErwin
Norbert ChristianNorbert ChristianSigi

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