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Wikipedia article




'Elephant Fury' is a 1953 West German drama war film directed by and starring Harry Piel.Rentschler p.283 It also features Herbert A.E. Bohme, Hans Zesch-Ballot and Dorothea Wieck. The film had a troubled production history. Originally made between 1940 and 1943 under the title of 'Panic', it faced censorship problems. Following the end of the Second World War Piel recovered the negative which had fallen into the hands of the occupying Soviet forces. He re-shot some scenes and the film was eventually released more than a decade after it had first begun shooting.

Synopsis



During the Second World War, an air raid on a zoo leads to the animals escaping across the city.

Cast



* Harry Piel as Grotierfnger Peter Volker

* Herbert A.E. Bhme as Mitarbeiter Fritz Krger

* Hans Zesch-Ballot as Zoodirektor Thiele

* Dorothea Wieck as Hella Thiele

* Wilhelm P. Krger as Farmer A. R. Brinkmann

* Ruth Eweler as Christa Brinkmann

* Fritz Hoopts as Farmer H. Sander

* Maria Krahn as Farmerin Kppers

* Julius Riedmueller as Affenwrter Alois Leitner

* Julius Frey as Elefantenwrter F. Mller

* L. Krger-Roger as Raubtierwrter J. Huber

* Beppo Brem as Tiergartenbesucher whrend eines Fliegerangriffs

* Peter Strunk as Tierwrter Becker

* Karl Hellmer

* Maria Hofen

* Eva Klein-Donath

* Joe Mnch-Harris

* Albert Parsen

* Karl-Heinz Peters

* Rudolf Vogel

References



Bibliography



* Rentschler, Eric. 'The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife'. Harvard University Press, 1996.


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