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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 later made into a television series of the same title in the 1970s.

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Iron Gustav
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Directed by	George Hurdalek
Written by	George Hurdalek
Based on	Iron Gustav by Hans Fallada
Produced by	Werner Fischer Kurt Ulrich
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Lucie Mannheim Karin Baal
Cinematography	Georg Bruckbauer
Edited by	Ingrid Wacker
Music by	Bernhard Eichhorn
Production companies	Berolina Film Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Europa-Filmverleih
Release date	5 December 1958 (1958-12-05)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

In 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.

Cast

• Heinz Rühmann as Gustav Hartmann
• Lucie Mannheim as Frau Marie Hartmann
• Ernst Schröder as Friedrich Karl Möbius
• Karin Baal as Anni Hartmann
• Ingrid van Bergen as Gertrud Hartmann
• Ruth Nimbach as Frau Johanna Möbius
• Ludwig Linkmann as Paulchen Klinke
• Lutz Moik as Otto Kroppke
• Hilde Sessak as Frau Vietzke
• Willi Rose as Otto Vietzke
• Bruno Fritz as Amtsarzt
• Harry Meyen as Assessor

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• Iron Gustav at IMDb

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