1950
5.9 (5 votes)
1h 38m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
DEFA
The Benthin Family (Familie Benthin)
Overview
The brothers Theo and Gustav Benthin pull profits through smuggling in divided Germany: Theo in the West and Gustav in the East. The East German police catch on quickly, however, and Gustav is arrested. The small band of smugglers disperses, with Gustav’s chauffer Peter Naumann fleeing to the West and his sister choosing the East after struggling to find work and lodging in the West.
Key Crew
Director: Kurt Maetzig, Slatan Dudow, Richard Groschopp
Writer: Ehm Welk, Johannes R. Becher, Slatan Dudow, Kurt Barthel
Director of Photography: Walter Roskopf, Robert Baberske, Karl Plintzner
