Tugboat M 17 Explained

Tugboat M 17 (German: Schleppzug M 17) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Heinrich George and Werner Hochbaum and starring Heinrich George, Berta Drews and Betty Amann.^[1] George, a prominent actor, directed much of the film before it was finished by Hochbaum. Location filming took place on the Ruppiner See. It portrays life on a German boat on Germany's inland waterways in the vicinity of Berlin.

It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo on 19 April 1933.

Cast

• Heinrich George as Henner, der Schiffer
• Berta Drews as Marie, seine Frau
• Joachim Streubel as Franz, sein Kind
• Betty Amann as Gescha
• Wilfried Seyferth as Jakob
• Maria Schanda as Eine Sängerin
• Robert Müller as Jakobs Vater
• Kurt Getke as Piet
• Friedrich Ettel as Orje
• Hansjoachim Büttner as Karl
• Walter Steiner as Ein Kommerzienrat
• Alexander Jonas as Ein Wirt

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p.10

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• • Schleppzug M 17 Full movie at the Deutsche Filmothek