''Panic Time'' (German: ''Panische Zeiten'') is a 1980 West German

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directed by Peter Fratzscher and starring

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Vera Tschechowa Vera Wilhelmowna Rust (born 22 July 1940), known as Vera Tschechowa, is a German producer, director, screenwriter, and retired actress, of Russian descent. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1957 and 1996. She was widely known as Elvis ...

and Walter Kohut. Hake p.180 The film's sets were designed by the art director Toni Lüdi. Shooting took place in Dortmund,

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and

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. The film's

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was released on the album '' Panische Zeiten''.

Cast

as Self / Carl Coolman * Leata Galloway as Vera * Walter Kohut as Minister Dr. Kurt Kling *

as Frau Dr. Wunder * Felix Scholz as Bodyguard Felix * Klaus Kauroff as Bodyguard Klaus *

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as Bodyguard Otto *

Hark Bohm Hark Bohm (; born 18 May 1939) is a German actor, screenwriter, film director, playwright and former professor for cinema studies. He was born in Hamburg-Othmarschen and grew up on the island Amrum. His younger brother was the actor Marquard Bo ...

as Peitschenperverser Dr. Gerhard Kühn * Beate Jensen as Wiebke Stinksterff von Löloland *

Eddie Constantine Eddie Constantine (born Edward Israël Constantinowsky; October 29, 1917 – February 25, 1993) was an American singer, actor and entertainer who spent most of his career in France. He became well-known to film audiences for his portrayal of se ...

as Lemmy Caution * Rudolf Beiswanger as Leuchtturmwärter Süchtig * Peter Ahrweiler as Professor McNaughton * Fritz Rau as Self * Heinz Domez as Entführer *

Werner Böhm Werner Böhm, better known under his artist name Gottlieb Wendehals (5 June 1941 – 2 June 2020) was a German singer and musician. Biography Böhm was born in Thorn in German-occupied Poland. In the late 1950s, he was the pianist with the "Ca ...

as Entführer * Willi Hermann as Entführer * Renate Schubert as Prostituierte Rosa *

Egon Müller Egon Müller (born 26 November 1948 in Kiel, Germany) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider and was winner of the Speedway World Championship in 1983, winning the title in his homeland with a maximum score of 15 points. Career Mo ...

as Self * Jürgen Baumgarten as Motorradfahrer *

Karl Dall Karl Bernhard Dall (, 1 February 1941 – 23 November 2020) was a German comedian, singer, and television presenter. His distinctive 'hanging' eye was caused by a congenital ptosis. Family Karl Dall was born in Emden, Germany, the son of ...

as Vögelwart

References

Bibliography

*Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Hake, Sabine. ''German National Cinema''. Routledge, 2002.

External links

* 1980 films 1980s musical comedy films German musical comedy films West German films 1980s German-language films Films directed by Peter Fratzscher 1980s German films {{1980s-Germany-film-stub