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What Would Happen If...? (1960)
Directed by Gerhard Klingenberg
Comedy · 1h 30m
In the late 1950s, the collectivization of agriculture is in full swing in the East German village of Willshagen on the German-German border. Those in charge have to face many obstacles, especially from a large-scale farmer who is unwilling to join the co-op. All of a sudden, mysterious men in a fancy car appear in the village and show an interest in the rundown manor house. Gossip spreads quickly, and some villagers think there will be a re-parceling of properties and a land swap with West Germany. They assume everything will go back to how it used to be and even expect the count to return to his manor. In preparation, the situation in the village escalates at a fevered pitch.
Cast
Gerd Ehlers
Großbauer Dahlke
Trude Bechmann
Alte Drögern
Hanns Anselm Perten
Großbauer Schäfer
Ernst Kahler
Parteisekretär Kramer
Crew
- Director
- Gerhard Klingenberg
- Writer
- Gerhard Klingenberg, Hedda Zinner
- Director of Photography
- Erich Gusko
- Original Music Composer
- Peter Fischer
- Editor
- Friedel Welsandt
Details
- Original title
- Was wäre, wenn...?
- Release date
- 1960-09-01
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme