''Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute'' is an

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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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Petra Peters Petra Peters (31 March 1925 – 31 July 2004) was a German stage and film actress.Goble p.263 In the late 1940s she made her name appearing in films made by the East German DEFA studio. She was married to the actor Albert Lieven. Selected filmogr ...

as Marianne Butenschön * Fritz Wagner as Michael Staude *

Joachim Brennecke Joachim Brennecke (6 December 1919 – 6 September 2011) was a German 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''.Kreimeier p.347 Selected filmography ...

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 Geld ...

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 tou ...

as Hugo *

Alfred Maack Alfred Maack (5 April 1882 – 14 February 1961) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in more than fifty films from 1937 to 1958. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maack, Alfred 1882 births 1961 ...

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. After ...

as Emmi Gutwein *

Herbert Kiper Herbert Kiper (1897–1978) was a German stage and film actor.Körner p.370 Selected filmography * ''Dancer of Death'' (1920) * '' Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete'' (1931) * '' Duty Is Duty'' (1931) * '' Quartet of Five'' (1949) * '' He ...

as Otto Woitasch *

Inge van der Straaten Inge is a given name in various Germanic language-speaking cultures. In Swedish and Norwegian, it is mostly used as a masculine, but less often also as a feminine name, sometimes as a short form of Ingeborg, while in Danish, Estonian, Frisian, G ...

as Anna Woitasch *

Albert Venohr Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert ...

as Paul Zinke *

Joachim Lupa Joachim (; ''Yəhōyāqīm'', "he whom Yahweh has set up"; ; ) was, according to Christian tradition, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the Biblical apocrypha ...

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 parts. After the Second World War he settled in East Germany appearing in the fil ...

as Jimmy Krause *

Hans Emons Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi ...

as Menz

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* 1950 films East German films 1950s German-language films Seafaring films German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub