Movie Description
Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?
(1950)Overview
"Who Drove the Grey Ford?" ("Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?") is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Otto Wernicke, marking his only directorial effort, and starring Wernicke as Kriminalkommissar Thieme alongside Ursula Herking, Hilde Sessak, and Wolfgang Neuss. The movie was filmed at numerous original locations in post-war Mannheim. It draws directly from a real-life 1949 post office robbery in Mannheim, exploring the social dislocations of the era through a documentary-style depiction of petty crime and moral dilemmas among young survivors of World War II. The plot centers on three young men scraping by through car stunts and minor cons in the uncertain landscape of Nachkriegsdeutschland, where one sensitive outsider, Peter "Penny," seeks to leave the life behind for love but is coerced into participating in a high-stakes robbery of a money transport. The heist unfolds according to plan, but Penny's well-intentioned yet careless action alerts the police...
Featured Crew
- Director : Otto Wernicke
- Producer : Paul Pfeiffer
- Writer : Kurt Joachim Fischer
- Editor : Walter Boos
- Cast : Otto Wernicke,Erich Scholz,Ruth Hambrock,Günther Erich Martsch,Wolfgang Neuss,Dieter Sommer,Til Kiwe,Ursula Herking,Hilde Sessak,Marianne Gerzner,Walter Vits-Mühlen,Walter Pott,Abi von Hasse,Georg Zimmermann
Cast
Kriminalkommissar Thieme
Peter 'Penny'
Renate Münster
Jonny Dempf
Uwe Lauterbach „Chef"
Franz Heiner
Polizeirat Proske
Hertha Sattler, Kriminalassistentin
Kellnerin bei Edu Schröder
Rosl
US-Kriminalkommissar Nelson
Edu Schröder, Wirt
Kriminalassistent Gillhausen
Hamerski, Oberpostschaffner
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Facts
Original TitleWer fuhr den grauen Ford?
Status Released
Release Information
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1950-10-11
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 33m
Production CompaniesPfeiffer Filmproduktion
Genres
- Crime
- Drama
- Romance
