Ware für Katalonien (1959)
At the end of the 1950s, the production of optics in the German Democratic Republic has reached top quality and instigates interest in the West. When national demand rises strongly and at the same time the export to South America heavily decreases, the Volkspolizei - the GDR police force - starts to look into the case. Two seemingly unrelated cases are the starting point for the investigation by second lieutenant Schellenberg of the department for optics racketeering: An old woman who was arrested in the Berlin city railway for trying to smuggle a pair of binoculars to West Berlin, and a dead person in an area of allotments who was involved in obscure dealings with optical devices.
Director: Richard Groschopp
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Eva-Maria Hagen as Marion Stöckel |
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Wilfried Ortmann as Hasso Teschendorf |
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Carola Braunbock as Charlotte Gansauge |
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Fritz Diez as Captain Gerner |
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Herwart Grosse as Captain Polland |
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Hartmut Reck as Sub-lieutenant Schellenberg |
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Hanna Rimkus as Sabine Falk |
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Ivan Malré as Bob Georgi |
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Loni Michelis as Johanna Stöckel |
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Heinz Scholz as Ferdinand Stöckel |
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Peter Kiwitt as Eskamillo Lohmann |
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Gerd Biewer as Teniente Petro Lopez |
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Heinz-Dieter Knaup as Leutnant Hasselbach |
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Herbert Grünbaum as Herr Rösli |
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Charlotte Krulle as Frau Neubert |
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Walter Lendrich as Herr Neubert |
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Albert Garbe as Herr Bachmann |
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Gerhard Frei as Cement-Otto |
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Walter Jupé as Erwin |
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Norbert Christian as Sigi |
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Hans Robert Wille as Bubi |
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Marianne Wünscher as Clerk in exchange office |
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Marga Legal as housekeeper |
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Manfred Krug as Young optics smuggler |
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Gerd Michael Henneberg as executive Director |
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Gerlind Ahnert as Employee at Polland |
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Jean Brahn as Nappo |
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Anneliese Reppel as Older woman |
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Ralph Boettner as clerk in the exchange office |
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Horst Buder as waiter apprentice |
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Rudolf Christoph as ABV |
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Dom de Beern as head of operations |
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Werner Dissel as Portier |
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Margot Ebert as hairdresser |
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Erich Fritze as traffic policeman |
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Paul Funk as Portier |
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Peter Paul Goes as ABV |
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Hubert Hoelzke as salesman |
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Waldemar Jacobi as Laubenpieper |
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Joachim Konrad as patrol leader |
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Werner Lierck as truck driver |
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Günter Margo as Spanish customs officer |
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Johannes Maus as Holzapfel |
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Herbert Mewes-Conti as hotel guest |
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Rudolf Napp as detective |
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Hanna Rieger as wife in Wielandstrasse |
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Hildegard Röder as employee of the AZKW |
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Hans-Dieter Schlegel as VoPo |
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Paul Streckfuß as salesman |
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Peter Sturm as Mr. Dupont |
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Friedrich Teitge as Authorized Officer at Rösli |
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Horst Torka as employee of the AZKW |
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Theresia Wider as Gerzi |
| Art | Erich Zander | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helga Scherff | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Horst Schulze | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liane Wilk | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Max Sandler | Sound |
| Directing | Richard Groschopp | Director |
| Writing | Richard Groschopp | Writer |
| Writing | Carl Andrießen | Writer |
| Writing | Lothar Creutz | Writer |
| Editing | Helga Emmrich | Editor |
| Sound | Hans-Hendrik Wehding | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Karl Drömmer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Eugen Klagemann | Director of Photography |
