''As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me'' (German: ''So weit die Füße tragen'') is a 1959 West German
television series
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which was first broadcast on ARD on six episodes. It is based on the memoirs of
Cornelius Rost
Cornelius Rost (27 March 1919, Kufstein, Austria – 18 October 1983, Munich, Germany)Soviet gulag after being held as
prisoner of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610.
Belligerents hold prisoners of wa ...
.Wienand p.73 It starred
Heinz Weiss
Heinz Weiss (12 June 192120 November 2010) was a German film actor.
Weiss is best known for playing the role of Phil Decker in the Jerry Cotton series of films and the role of Captain Heinz Hansen in ''Das Traumschiff''. He also played the chara ...
as Clemens Forell, the alias used by Rost.
Other actors who appeared in the series include
Wolfgang Büttner
Wolfgang Büttner (1 June 1912 - 18 November 1990) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1950 to 1998.
Filmography
References
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1912 births
1990 deaths
German male film actors
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Johannes Buzalski
Johannes Buzalski (1918–1977) was a German film and television actor.Rentschler p.287
Selected filmography
* ''Hello, Fraulein!'' (1949)
* ''Jonny Saves Nebrador'' (1953)
* ''The Confession of Ina Kahr'' (1954)
* ''Heroism after Hours'' (1955)
...
,
Hans Epskamp
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and
Dietrich Thoms
Dietrich () is an ancient German name meaning "Ruler of the People.” Also "keeper of the keys" or a "lockpick" either the tool or the profession.
Given name
* Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (c. 1398 – 1440)
* Thierry of Alsace (german: Dietric ...
.
References
Bibliography
Christiane Wienand. ''Returning Memories: Former Prisoners of War in Divided and Reunited Germany''. Boydell & Brewer, 2015.