''Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute'' is an
East German
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...
film directed by
Hans Heinrich. It was released in 1950, and sold more than 4,100,000 tickets.
List of the 50 highest-grossing DEFA films.
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Cast
* Petra Peters as Marianne Butenschön
* Fritz Wagner as Michael Staude
* Joachim Brennecke
Joachim Brennecke (6 December 1919 – 6 September 2011) was a German stage actor, stage and film actor. During the Second World War he had prominent roles in Nazi propaganda films such as ''Attack on Baku'' and ''5 June (film), 5 June''.Kreimeier ...
as Hans
* Paul Esser
Paul Esser (24 April 1913 – 20 January 1988) was a German stage and television actor and voice actor. He is remembered for playing the lead role in the Sender Freies Berlin version of the detective series '' Tatort''. Esser was born in Ge ...
as Heinrich
* Werner Peters
Werner Peters (7 July 1918 – 30 March 1971) was a German film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1947 and 1971.
Biography
Peters was born in Werlitzsch, Kreis Delitzsch, Prussian Saxony, and died of a heart attack on a promotion to ...
as Hugo
* Alfred Maack as August
* Maly Delschaft
Martha Amalia "Maly" Delschaft (4 December 1898 – 20 August 1995) was a German stage and film actress. After beginning in theatre, Delschaft switched to silent films. She appeared in mainly supporting roles during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Afte ...
as Emmi Gutwein
* Herbert Kiper as Otto Woitasch
* Inge van der Straaten as Anna Woitasch
* Albert Venohr as Paul Zinke
* Joachim Lupa as Fritz Zinke
* Gustav Püttjer
Gustav Püttjer (15 May 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a German film actor who appeared in around 150 feature films between 1927 and 1959. He largely played character actor, character parts. After the Second World War he settled in East Germany appe ...
as Jimmy Krause
* Hans Emons as Menz
References
External links
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1950 films
East German films
1950s German-language films
Seafaring films
German black-and-white films
1950s German films
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