The Punch Bowl (1959)
It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are expected. Preparations are also being made in the company: Wilhelm is to be awarded the »Labor banner« and, as every year, the sons are responsible for the may bowl. But instead of family members, telegrams with rejections flutter into the house.
Director: Günter Reisch
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Erich Franz as Wilhelm Lehmann |
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Friedel Nowack as |
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Albert Hetterle as |
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Erika Dunkelmann as |
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Christel Bodenstein as Suse Lehmann |
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Heinz Draehn as |
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Ekkehard Schall as Günther Lehmann |
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Stefan Lisewski as |
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Karla Runkehl as Rosa |
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Horst Kube as Albert Lehmann |
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Herbert Richter as |
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Gertrud Brendler as |
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Fritz Diez as |
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Ernst-Georg Schwill as |
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Kurt Rackelmann as |
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Gustav Müller as |
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Herbert Köfer as Monteur für Fernsehstörungen |
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Werner Lierck as |
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Irma Münch as |
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Gerry Wolff as |
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Yvonne Merin as |
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Irmgard Düren as |
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Werner Wieland as |
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Wolf von Beneckendorff as |
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Hubert Hoelzke as |
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Max Bernhardt as |
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Peter Dommisch as |
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Hanna Donner as |
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Gerd Ehlers as |
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Lutz Erdmann as |
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Erich Fritze as |
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Walter E. Fuß as |
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Hans-Joachim Hegewald as |
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Walter Lendrich as |
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Hans-Edgar Stecher as |
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Ellen Tiedtke as |
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Jürgen Holtz as |
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Vera Oelschlegel as |
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Willi Neuenhahn as |
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Evelyn Cron as |
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Werner Senftleben as |
| Directing | Günter Reisch | Director |
| Sound | Helmut Nier | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Otto Merz | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Günter Reisch | Writer |
| Writing | Gerhard Weise | Writer |
| Writing | Marianne Libera | Writer |
| Editing | Hildegard Conrad | Editor |