Iron Gustav (film)

(Redirected from Der eiserne Gustav)

Iron Gustav (German: Der eiserne Gustav) is a 1958 West German comedy film directed by George Hurdalek and starring Heinz Rühmann, Lucie Mannheim and Karin Baal.[1] It is based on the real story of cab driver Gustav Hartmann who drove his droshky from Berlin to Paris. The story was previously made into a novel in 1938 and later into a television series of the same title in the 1970s.

Iron Gustav
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Directed byGeorge Hurdalek
Written byGeorge Hurdalek
Produced byWerner Fischer
Kurt Ulrich
StarringHeinz Rühmann
Lucie Mannheim
Karin Baal
CinematographyGeorg Bruckbauer
Edited byIngrid Wacker
Music byBernhard Eichhorn
Production
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Berolina Film
Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
Distributed byEuropa-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 5 December 1958 (1958-12-05)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin with location shooting in the city as well as Cologne and Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Berthel and Karl Schneider.

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder, p. 308.

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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