Iron Gustav (German: Der eiserne Gustav) is West German television series which originally aired on ARD in seven episodes between 27 August and 8 October 1979.[1][2] It is based on the 1938 novel Iron Gustav by Hans Fallada about a Berlin taxi driver still using a horse-drawn carriage, and the hardships he faces due to increasing competition from motor cars in the Weimar Era. In 1928 to demonstrate what he can still do he takes his carriage from Berlin to Paris.

Iron Gustav
Genre	Comedy drama
Based on	Iron Gustav by Hans Fallada
Written by	Herbert Asmodi
Directed by	Wolfgang Staudte
Starring	Gustav Knuth
Composer	Friedrich Scholz
Country of origin	West Germany
Original language	German
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producers	Hans Hirschmann Gunther Malzacher
Cinematography	Immo Rentz
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Südwestfunk
Release
Original network	ARD
Original release	27 August (1979-08-27) – 8 October 1979 (1979-10-08)

Main cast

• Gustav Knuth as Gustav Hackendahl
• Eva Brumby as Grete Hackendahl
• Eos Schopohl as Eva Hackendahl
• Volker Lechtenbrink as Erich Hackendahl
• Michael Kausch as Heinz Hackendahl
• Erika Skrotzki as Gertrud Gudde
• Manfred Lehmann as Eugen Bast
• Dagmar Biener as Sophie Hackendahl
• Peter Eschberg as Dr. Pasolt
• Inge Landgut as Mutter Quaas
• Gabriele Schramm as Irma Hackendahl
• Rainer Hunold as Wilhelm Hackendahl
• Valérie de Tilbourg as Tinette Blanc
• Herbert Steinmetz as Schuldirektor
• Käthe Haack as Marlene
• Heinz Meier as Herr Tümmel
• Brigitte Mira as Frau Pauli
• Günter Strack as Bankdirektor Hoppe
• Michael Nowka as Erich Menz

References

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
• Rentschler, Eric . German Film & Literature. Routledge, 2013.

External links

• Iron Gustav at IMDb