A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 14, 1960
Original Title:
Bumerang
Genres:
Crime
Production Companies:
Roxy Film
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16
Runtime: 92
The paths of three men cross for a short time in post-war Berlin. Robert and Willy are unattached and unemployed, Georg has joined them from Hamburg, he has a family and occasionally does something crooked. That's what the three of them are up to together: A safe is to be cracked, the plan comes from Robert. Then Else shows up, a former girlfriend of Robert's who now lives with his buddy Willy. She is interested in Robert again, but he turns her down. Blind with jealousy, Willy nevertheless feels betrayed and rats out their joint scheme to the police. As they stand in front of the strongbox, they are surrounded by police officers. One of them, Inspector Stern, suddenly recognizes in Robert the man who saved his life during the war.
Assistant Camera:
Lothar Kern
Assistant Director:
Wieland Liebske
Assistant Director Trainee:
Wolf Vollmar
Assistant Editor:
Ursula Zschiesche
Camera Operator:
Henry Rupé
Costume Design:
Ursula Stutz
Director:
Alfred Weidenmann
Director of Photography:
Kurt Hasse
Editor:
Lilian Seng
Hairstylist:
Max Patyna
Jutta Haase
Music:
Hans-Martin Majewski
Novel:
Igor Sentjurc
Producer:
Luggi Waldleitner
Production Design:
Wolf Englert
Ernst Richter
Production Manager:
Heinrich Schier
Karl Mitschke
Props:
Helmut Künecke
Max Freude
Fritz Moritz
Sound:
Hans Löhmer
Still Photographer:
Leo Weisse
Unit Manager:
Kurt Paetz
Fritz Anton
Wardrobe Master:
Margarete Markwordt
Walter Schreckling
Writer:
Herbert Reinecker
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