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.

Tugboat M 17
Directed byHeinrich George
Werner Hochbaum
Written byWilly Döll
StarringHeinrich George
Berta Drews
Betty Amann
CinematographyA.O. Weitzenberg
Edited byElla Stein
Music byWill Meisel
Alex Stone
Production
company
Orbis-Film
Release date
  • 19 April 1933 (1933-04-19)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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

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References edit

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.10

Bibliography edit

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

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