The Benthin Family

1h 38m
Drama
5.9

The brothers Theo and Gustav Benthin pull profits through smuggling in divided Germany: Theo in the West and Gustav in the East. The East German police catch on quickly, however, and Gustav is arrested. The small band of smugglers disperses, with Gustav’s chauffer Peter Naumann fleeing to the West and his sister choosing the East after struggling to find work and lodging in the West.

Cast

Maly Delschaft
Annemarie Naumann
Harry Hindemith
Seidel
Erik Schumann
Hans Bodmer
Charlotte Ander
Olga Benthin
Hans-Georg Rudolph
Theo Benthin
Werner Pledath
Gustav Benthin
Peter Dornseif
Dr. Benthin
Brigitte Conrad
Ursel Benthin
Ottokar Runze
Peter Naumann
Hannelore Koblenz
Hede Naumann
Karl-Heinz Deickert
Klaus Naumann
Helmuth Hinzelmann
Mr. Brown
Konrad Petzold
FDJler

Crew

Slatan Dudow
Director, Writer
Kurt Maetzig
Director
Richard Groschopp
Director
Johannes R. Becher
Writer
Ehm Welk
Writer
Kurt Barthel
Writer
Ilse Voigt
Editor
Robert Baberske
Director of Photography
Karl Plintzner
Director of Photography
Walter Roskopf
Director of Photography
Ernst Roters
Music

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