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SummaryThe brothers Theo and Gustav Benthin try to profit from the division of Germany by smuggling. They own the Merkur factories, Theo in the west and Gustav in the east. The intrigues do not remain hidden from the East German police for long. Gustav is arrested, his chauffeur Peter Naumann can flee to the West and ends up in the Foreign Legion. Peter's sister, on the other hand, who had gone to the West before and found neither work nor shelter, returns to mother Annemarie in the East.
(Source: The Second Life of the Film City Babelsberg. DEFA feature films 1946-1992)
Shotlist
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Decade1950
Production Year1950
Release date8 Sep 1950
Genre
Country of Production
ActorsKarl-Heinz Deickert, Charlotte Ander, Erich Nadler, Hannelore Koblentz, Helmuth Hinzelmann, Maly Delschaft, J. P. Dornseif, Erik Schumann, Arthur Wiesner, Harry Hindemith, Brigitte Conrad, Ottokar Runze, Hans-Georg Rudolph, Axel Triebel, Werner Pledath
Personalities
DirectorKurt Maetzig, Slatan Dudow
Producer
CameraKarl Plintzner, Walter Roßkopf, Robert Baberske
