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Old Barge, Young Love (1957 film)

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'Alter Kahn und junge Liebe' (English-language title: 'Old Barge, Young Love')'[http://www.defa.de/cms/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=412&FilmID=Q6UJ9A002KGT Alter Kahn und junge Liebe]' on Defa Foundation's website. is an East German (then GDR) romance film directed by Hans Heinrich. It was released in 1957.

Plot



Skipper Vollbeck leads a small group of barges traveling down the Havel from Berlin to Waren. To meet his debtors' demands, he loaded his ship with cement almost beyond its capability to carry. Horst, the skipper of one of the other boats, and Vollbeck's son Kalle both fall in love with the older skipper's niece Anna, who joined the journey. Eventually, she chooses Kalle and they marry, after the barges manage to make it to Waren.

Cast



* Alfred Maack as Heinrich Borchert

* Erika Dunkelmann as Marie

* Gtz George as Karl 'Kalle'

* Gustav Pttjer as Herrmann Vollbeck

* Maria Hussler as Anne Vollbeck

* Kurt Schmidtchen as Ernst

* Horst Naumann as Horst Richter

* Uwe Torsten as Buttje

* Elfie Dugal as lady

* Waltraud Kogel as the assistant

* Alice Prill as secretary

Production



The film was one of the more light-hearted DEFA productions of the second half of the 1950s, created after a wave of highly ideological films were negatively received by the public. According to author Heinz Kersten, it had only "a modest saying on the matters of society" and was "entertainment".Heinz Kersten. 'Das Filmwesen in der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone Deutschlands'. Bundesministerium fr Gesamtdeutsche Fragen (1963). ASIN B0000BK48Q. page 90. It was Gtz George's first major role on the screen.'[http://www.cinema.de/film/alter-kahn-und-junge-liebe,1339893.html Alter Kahn und junge Liebe]' on cinema.de.

Reception



The West German Catholic Film Service described the film as "having several clumsy moments. Generally, an undemanding piece of entertainment."'[http://www.zweitausendeins.de/filmlexikon/?sucheNach=titel&wert=18796 Alter Kahn und junge Liebe]' on the German Film Lexicon. The 'World Stage' newspaper's critic dubbed as "dramatically dull."'Die Weltbhne', no.11, 1957.

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