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Kuttel

DDR 1961 Spielfilm

Young Kuttel belongs to a group of working-class children who live in Berlin at the beginning of the 1930s. During their summer holidays in 1931, the children want to host a model boat race. As a venue, they choose a small water basin situated in their district′s park. Every child from the neighborhood is invited to participate. However, there is a traitor among them who tells the police about the race. Since the police mistrust the socialists anyway, they immediately come into action and stop the harmless child’s game. The policemen drain the water from the basin and detain Kuttel, the ringleader and initiator of the race, along with his friend Wally. This extreme reaction alarms both the Communist Youth Organization and the Communist Party of Germany. Due to the laborers massive protest both children are released. Eventually, they can even hold their highly anticipated boat race.

 

Credits

Director

  • Siegfried Menzel

Screenplay

  • Werner Wendt
  • Siegfried Menzel

Director of photography

  • Hans Hauptmann

Editing

  • Wally Gurschke

Music

  • Günter Hauk

Cast

  • Hans-Peter Minetti
    Bernhard Grünberg
  • Waltraut Kramm
    Lisa Grünberg
  • Christoph Beyertt
    Frenzel
  • Dieter Perlwitz
    Gustl
  • Horst Lommatzsch
    Dicker Mann
  • Elli Schmidt
    Schwester des dicken Mannes
  • Norbert Flohr
    Kuttel
  • Ursula Herting
    Wally
  • Hildegard Röder
    Frau Rohde
  • Johannes Maus
    Vater Seidel

Production company

  • DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (Potsdam-Babelsberg)

Alle Credits

Director

  • Siegfried Menzel

Screenplay

  • Werner Wendt
  • Siegfried Menzel

Script editor

  • Eleonore Schmidt-Schwarze

Director of photography

  • Hans Hauptmann

Still photography

  • Josef Borst
  • Eduard Neufeld

Production design

  • Erich Kulicke

Costume design

  • Lydia Fiege

Editing

  • Wally Gurschke

Music

  • Günter Hauk

Cast

  • Hans-Peter Minetti
    Bernhard Grünberg
  • Waltraut Kramm
    Lisa Grünberg
  • Christoph Beyertt
    Frenzel
  • Dieter Perlwitz
    Gustl
  • Horst Lommatzsch
    Dicker Mann
  • Elli Schmidt
    Schwester des dicken Mannes
  • Norbert Flohr
    Kuttel
  • Ursula Herting
    Wally
  • Hildegard Röder
    Frau Rohde
  • Johannes Maus
    Vater Seidel
  • Willi Neuenhahn
    Kohlenträger Fritz
  • Georg Helge
    Parkwächter Nelke
  • Herbert Dirmoser
    Ingenieur
  • Günter Margo
    Mieter des Vorderhauses
  • Jean Brahn
    Mieter des Hinterhauses
  • Gerhard Einert
    1. Genosse
  • Erich Mirek
    2. Genosse
  • Harry Hindemith
    Lehrer

Production company

  • DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (Potsdam-Babelsberg)

Unit production manager

  • Anni von Zieten

Original distributor

  • Progress Film-Verleih (Berlin/Ost)
Duration:
1797 m, 66 Min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DD): 09.06.1961, Magdeburg, 3. Arbeiterfestspiele

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DD) Kuttel

Versions

Original

Duration:
1797 m, 66 Min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DD): 09.06.1961, Magdeburg, 3. Arbeiterfestspiele

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