Ware für Katalonien (1959)

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.

Cast (53)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

H

Hanna Rimkus

Sabine Falk

Ivan Malré

Bob Georgi

L

Loni Michelis

Johanna Stöckel

H

Heinz Scholz

Ferdinand Stöckel

Peter Kiwitt

Eskamillo Lohmann

G

Gerd Biewer

Teniente Petro Lopez

H

Heinz-Dieter Knaup

Leutnant Hasselbach

H

Herbert Grünbaum

Herr Rösli

C

Charlotte Krulle

Frau Neubert

Walter Lendrich

Herr Neubert

Albert Garbe

Herr Bachmann

G

Gerhard Frei

Cement-Otto

Walter Jupé

Erwin

Norbert Christian

Sigi

H

Hans Robert Wille

Bubi

Marianne Wünscher

Clerk in exchange office

Marga Legal

housekeeper

Manfred Krug

Young optics smuggler

G

Gerd Michael Henneberg

executive Director

Gerlind Ahnert

Employee at Polland

J

Jean Brahn

Nappo

A

Anneliese Reppel

Older woman

Ralph Boettner

clerk in the exchange office

Horst Buder

waiter apprentice

R

Rudolf Christoph

ABV

D

Dom de Beern

head of operations

Werner Dissel

Portier

Margot Ebert

hairdresser

E

Erich Fritze

traffic policeman

P

Paul Funk

Portier

P

Peter Paul Goes

ABV

Hubert Hoelzke

salesman

W

Waldemar Jacobi

Laubenpieper

J

Joachim Konrad

patrol leader

Werner Lierck

truck driver

G

Günter Margo

Spanish customs officer

J

Johannes Maus

Holzapfel

H

Herbert Mewes-Conti

hotel guest

R

Rudolf Napp

detective

H

Hanna Rieger

wife in Wielandstrasse

H

Hildegard Röder

employee of the AZKW

Hans-Dieter Schlegel

VoPo

P

Paul Streckfuß

salesman

Peter Sturm

Mr. Dupont

F

Friedrich Teitge

Authorized Officer at Rösli

H

Horst Torka

employee of the AZKW

T

Theresia Wider

Gerzi

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