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The Benthin Family

The Benthin Family (Familie Benthin)

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  • East Germany
  • 1950
  • · 98m

Directors Kurt Maetzig, Richard Groschopp, Slatan Dudow
Cast Maly Delschaft, Harry Hindemith, Erik Schumann, Charlotte Ander, Hans-Georg Rudolph
Genre Drama

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.

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