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Haie und kleine Fische

BR Deutschland 1957 Spielfilm

Sharks and Small Fish

Germany during the Second World War: Four young naval cadets receive a tough drill on board of a minesweeper. When their flotilla is attacked and their ship sinks, Teichmann, one of the cadets, is among the survivors. He even rescues the badly wounded lieutenant-commander Wegener wose wife he has fallen in love with. Later, Teichmann is assigned to serve on a submarine where he meets several of his old comrades. One of them commits suicide when he comes to know that his father has been deported to a concentration camp. Life on board is tough and Teichmann does not get along well with brutal commander Lüttke until they desperately try to open a jammed torpedo gate in the polar sea. Finally, their submarine sinks after a heavy attack. Only few men survive.

 

Credits

Director

  • Frank Wisbar

Screenplay

  • Wolfgang Ott

Director of photography

  • Günter Haase

Editing

  • Carl Otto Bartning

Music

  • Hans-Martin Majewski

Cast

  • Hansjörg Felmy
    Teichmann
  • Sabine Bethmann
    Edith Wegener
  • Wolfgang Preiss
    U-Bootkommandant Lüttke
  • Mady Rahl
    Dora
  • Heinz Engelmann
    Flottillenchef Erich Wegener
  • Horst Frank
    Heyne
  • Thomas Braut
    Stollenberg
  • Ernst Reinhold
    Vögele
  • Wolfgang Wahl
    Leitender Ingenieur auf dem U-Boot
  • Siegfried Lowitz
    Leutnant Pauli

Production company

  • Willy Zeyn-Film GmbH (München)

Producer

  • Alf Teichs (Produktionschef)

Alle Credits

Director

  • Frank Wisbar

Screenplay

  • Wolfgang Ott

based on

  • Wolfgang Ott (Roman)

Script editor

  • Alf Teichs (Chefdramaturg)

Director of photography

  • Günter Haase

Still photography

  • Lilo Winterstein

Production design

  • Erich Kettelhut
  • Johannes Ott

Costume design

  • Irms Pauli

Editing

  • Carl Otto Bartning

Sound

  • Jan van der Eerden

Music

  • Hans-Martin Majewski

Cast

  • Hansjörg Felmy
    Teichmann
  • Sabine Bethmann
    Edith Wegener
  • Wolfgang Preiss
    U-Bootkommandant Lüttke
  • Mady Rahl
    Dora
  • Heinz Engelmann
    Flottillenchef Erich Wegener
  • Horst Frank
    Heyne
  • Thomas Braut
    Stollenberg
  • Ernst Reinhold
    Vögele
  • Wolfgang Wahl
    Leitender Ingenieur auf dem U-Boot
  • Siegfried Lowitz
    Leutnant Pauli
  • Stefan Wigger
    Prinz Warthenstein
  • Peter Frank
    Dr. Timmler
  • Reinhold Brandes
    Oberleutnant Kersten
  • Sascha Keith
    Zebra
  • Friedrich Schütter
    Oberleutnant Brandstetter
  • Horst Fassel
    Leitender Ingenieur auf der "Albatros"
  • Hellmuth Kleinschmidt
    Koch
  • Vicco von Bülow
  • Dirk Dautzenberg
  • Walter Laugwitz

Production company

  • Willy Zeyn-Film GmbH (München)

Producer

  • Alf Teichs (Produktionschef)

Line producer

  • Willy Zeyn jun.

Unit production manager

  • Erwin Gitt

Location manager

  • Willy Herrmann
  • Laci Martin

Original distributor

  • Deutsche Film Hansa GmbH & Co. (Hamburg)

Subsequent distributor

  • Sonderfilm Rudolf Zwicker (Frankfurt am Main)
Duration:
3274 m, 120 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 23.09.1957, 15339, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei;
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 31.01.1967, 15339, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei [2. FSK-Prüfung]

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 26.09.1957, Stuttgart, Universum

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Haie und kleine Fische

Versions

Original

Duration:
3274 m, 120 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 23.09.1957, 15339, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei;
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 31.01.1967, 15339, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei [2. FSK-Prüfung]

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 26.09.1957, Stuttgart, Universum

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