''Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel'' (german: Columbus entdeckt Krähwinkel) is a 1954
West German
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comedy film
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directed by
Ulrich Erfurth
Ulrich Erfurth (1910–1986) was a German film director.Giesen p.201
Filmography
Director
* ' (1944/1950)
* ''Finale'' (1948)
* ''Not Afraid of Big Animals'' (1953)
* ''Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel'' (1954)
* ''Captain Wronski'' (1954)
* '' On ...
and
Alexander Paal and starring
Eva Kerbler
Eva Kerbler (born 1933) is an Austrian actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Starfish'' (1952)
* '' Hannerl'' (1952)
* ''Cabaret'' (1954)
* ''Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel
''Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel'' (german: Columbus entdeckt Krähwinkel) ...
,
Rudolf Platte
Rudolf Antonius Heinrich Platte (12 February 1904 – 18 December 1984) was a German actor.
Biography
Born in Hörde, Westphalia (today part of Dortmund) the son of a merchant, his family moved to Hildesheim three years later. Rudolf left scho ...
and two sons of
Charlie Chaplin
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,
Charles Chaplin Jr.
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and
Sydney Chaplin
Sydney John Chaplin (; 16 March 1885 – 16 April 1965) was an English actor. Chaplin was the elder half-brother of actor and director Charlie Chaplin and served as his business manager in later life.
Through their mother Hannah, they were o ...
.
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Albrecht Becker
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Personal life
Born in Thale, Germany, Becker trained as a ...
and
Herbert Kirchhoff
Herbert Kirchhoff (1911–1988) was a German art director.
Selected filmography
* ''Nora's Ark'' (1948)
* '' My Wife's Friends'' (1949)
* '' The Last Night'' (1949)
* ''Second Hand Destiny'' (1949)
* ''Third from the Right'' (1950)
* ''Harbour ...
. It was shot at the
Wandsbek Studios
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The complex was established in 1948 when Real Film, set up the previous year, acquired a site in Wandsbek for constr ...
in
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
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and
on location around
Michelstadt
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Geography
Location
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.
Partial cast
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Charles Chaplin Jr.
Charles Spencer Chaplin III (May 5, 1925 – March 20, 1968), known professionally as Charles Chaplin Jr., was an American actor. He was the elder son of Charlie Chaplin and Lita Grey, and is known for appearing in 1950s films such as ''The Beat ...
as Jimmy Hunter
*
Sydney Chaplin
Sydney John Chaplin (; 16 March 1885 – 16 April 1965) was an English actor. Chaplin was the elder half-brother of actor and director Charlie Chaplin and served as his business manager in later life.
Through their mother Hannah, they were o ...
as Clark Hunter
*
Eva Kerbler
Eva Kerbler (born 1933) is an Austrian actress.
Selected filmography
* '' Starfish'' (1952)
* '' Hannerl'' (1952)
* ''Cabaret'' (1954)
* ''Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel
''Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel'' (german: Columbus entdeckt Krähwinkel) ...
as Eva Wagner
*
Paola Loew as Suzi Merzheim
*
Rudolf Platte
Rudolf Antonius Heinrich Platte (12 February 1904 – 18 December 1984) was a German actor.
Biography
Born in Hörde, Westphalia (today part of Dortmund) the son of a merchant, his family moved to Hildesheim three years later. Rudolf left scho ...
as Lüttgen
*
Paul Henckels
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He was well known for his e ...
as Wagner
*
Ursula Herking
Ursula Herking (28 January 1912 – 17 November 1974) was a German film actress. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1933 and 1972. She was born in Dessau, Germany and died in Munich, West Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' Susann ...
as Mrs. Wagner
*
Carl Wery
Carl Sebastian Martin Wery (born Wery de Lemans; 7 August 1897 in Trostberg, Upper Bavaria – 14 March 1975 in Munich) was a German actor.
Selected filmography
* ''No Day Without You'' (1933)
* ''Anna and Elizabeth'' (1933) - Annas Vater
...
as Merzheim
*
Paul Westermeier
Paul Westermeier (9 July 1892 – 17 October 1972) was a German film actor.
Selected filmography
* '' Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (1917)
* ''Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors'' (1918)
* ''About the Son'' (1921)
* '' Memoirs of a Film Actre ...
as Maier
*
Hubert von Meyerinck
Hubert "Hubsi" von Meyerinck (23 August 1896 – 13 May 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1970.
Biography
Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858†...
as Regwitz
*
Joseph Egger
Joseph Egger, also known as Josef Egger, (22 February 1889 – 29 August 1966) was an Austrian character actor who appeared in 76 films between 1935 and 1965.
Biography
The 18-year-old Egger started his stage career at the Leoben theatre. Duri ...
as Wiebel
References
External links
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1954 films
West German films
1954 comedy films
German comedy films
1950s German-language films
Films directed by Ulrich Erfurth
Real Film films
Films shot at Wandsbek Studios
German black-and-white films
1950s German films
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