Movie·1959·1h 39m
Ware für Katalonien
Country
East Germany
Language
German
✦CineAI Pitch
Why watch this?
Tap below for a spoiler-free 3-bullet take.
// overview
The Story
At the end of the 1950s, the production of optics in the German Democratic Republic has reached top quality and instigates interest in the West. When national demand rises strongly and at the same time the export to South America heavily decreases, the Volkspolizei - the GDR police force - starts to look into the case. Two seemingly unrelated cases are the starting point for the investigation by second lieutenant Schellenberg of the department for optics racketeering: An old woman who was arrested in the Berlin city railway for trying to smuggle a pair of binoculars to West Berlin, and a dead person in an area of allotments who was involved in obscure dealings with optical devices.
Written By
Lothar Creutz, Carl Andrießen
Cinematography
Karl Drömmer
Music
Hans-Hendrik Wehding
Editor
Helga Emmrich
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
4 votes
Where to watch
Streaming availability not listed for your region yet.
// cast
Cast
Eva-Maria Hagen
Marion Stöckel
Wilfried Ortmann
Hasso Teschendorf
Carola Braunbock
Charlotte Gansauge
Fritz Diez
Captain Gerner
Herwart Grosse
Captain Polland
Hartmut Reck
Sub-lieutenant Schellenberg
Hanna Rimkus
Sabine Falk
Ivan Malré
Bob Georgi
Loni Michelis
Johanna Stöckel
Heinz Scholz
Ferdinand Stöckel
Peter Kiwitt
Eskamillo Lohmann
Gerd Biewer
Teniente Petro Lopez
Heinz-Dieter Knaup
Leutnant Hasselbach
Herbert Grünbaum
Herr Rösli
Charlotte Krulle
Frau Neubert
Walter Lendrich
Herr Neubert
Albert Garbe
Herr Bachmann
Gerhard Frei
Cement-Otto
// crew
Crew
Richard Groschopp
Director, Writer
Lothar Creutz
Writer
Carl Andrießen
Writer
Helga Emmrich
Editor
Hans-Hendrik Wehding
Original Music Composer
Karl Drömmer
Director of Photography
Eugen Klagemann
Director of Photography
// more like this
You Might Like
Film6.6Don't Bother to Knock
1952
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
Film5.8Cut Bank
2014
Cut Bank
2014
Film5.3Guncrazy
1992
Guncrazy
1992
Film3.7Crush
2009
Crush
2009
Film5.5Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann
1991
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann
1991
Film7.0In My Daughter's Name
1992
In My Daughter's Name
1992
Film5.0Animals
2014
Animals
2014
FilmMurder, But Epic!
2024
Murder, But Epic!
2024
Film6.8Atlantic City
1980
Atlantic City
1980
Film8.0Nebelnacht
1969
Nebelnacht
1969
Film7.1Kick-Ass
2010
Kick-Ass
2010
Film4.5Sick Girl
2007
Sick Girl
2007