''Treffpunkt Flughafen'' (German for "Airport Meeting Point") is an East German television series produced by the
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
DEFA (''Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft'') was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence.
Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PRO ...
on behalf of
Fernsehen der DDR
Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF; German for "German Television Broadcasting") was the state television broadcaster in the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) from 1952 to 1991.
DFF produced free-to-air terrestrial television programming ...
in 1985 and 1986. The show follows the life and adventures of the crew of an
Il-62 operated by the East German airline
Interflug
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. Filming locations were in
East Germany
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,
Vietnam
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, the
People's Republic of Angola, and
Cuba
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, among others.
Cast
*
Günter Naumann
Günter Naumann (17 November 1925 – 6 November 2009) was a German actor. He is Best known for his performance in the TV-serials ''Zur See
Zur See is a 9-part television series, produced by the GDR television from 1974 to 1976. It covers the j ...
— Werner Steinitz
(Captain)
*
Walter Plathe
Walter may refer to:
People
* Walter (name), both a surname and a given name
* Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968)
* Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 19 ...
— Paul Mittelstedt
(Copilot)
*
Jürgen Zartmann
Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is cognate with George. Notable people named Jürgen include:
A
*Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder
* Jürgen Alzen (born 19 ...
— Jürgen Graf
(Navigator)
*
Günter Schubert
Günter Schubert (18 April 1938 – 2 January 2008) was a German actor and voice actor. His son Alexander Schubert is also an actor. He was born in Weißwasser and died in Berlin.
Filmography
* 1966: '' Die Söhne der großen Bärin''
* 1972: ...
— Karlheinz Adler
(Engineer)
*
Regina Beyer — Karin Mittelstedt
(Stewardess)
*
Marijam Agischewa — Viola Vallentin
(Stewardess)
*
Pham Thi Thanh — Li Tam
(Stewardess)
Episodes
DVD releases
Germany
ICESTORM Distribution Berlin GmbH released a four-disc DVD set of the complete series on May 9, 2010, for
region 2. The video format is
PAL (
4:3) with audio in
Dolby Digital 2.0.
See also
*
List of German television series
The following is a list of television series produced in Germany:
Current
Drama
* ''4 Blocks'' (TNT Serie, 2017–2019)
* ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' ( RTL, 1996–present)
* ''Babylon Berlin'' (Sky 1 & ARD, 2017–presen ...
External links
*
1985 German television series debuts
1986 German television series endings
Aviation television series
Television in East Germany
German-language television shows
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