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Mein Schulfreund (1960)
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Comedy, Drama · 1h 34m
In the midst of World War II, postman Ludwig Fuchs writes a letter to his former school friend Field Marshal Hermann Göring, urging him to work for peace. He is declared mentally incompetent. After the war, he struggles to shake off the stigma of alleged mental illness. Göring is executed. Fuchs forces the court to examine him: he vandalizes the lobby of Post Office 122 in Munich and is rehabilitated (with full salary compensation for lost years).
Cast
Heinz Rühmann
Ludwig Fuchs
Loni von Friedl
Rosi
Ernst Schröder
Hauptmann Kühn
Hertha Feiler
Frau Kühn
Robert Graf
Dr. Lerch
Mario Adorf
Niedermoser
Alexander Kerst
Hauptmann Sander
Hans Leibelt
Professor Strohbach
Alexander Golling
Krögelmeier
Carsta Löck
Frau Wenzel
Reinhard Glemnitz
Geldbriefträger
Heini Göbel
Richter
Crew
- Director
- Robert Siodmak
- Screenplay
- Robert A. Stemmle
- Director of Photography
- Helmut Ashley
- Editor
- Walter Boos
- Producer
- Robert Siodmak
Details
- Release date
- 1960-07-21
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German, Italian
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Utz Utermann Filmproduktion, Divina-Film, Bavaria Film