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directed by Gerhard T. Buchholz and starring

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, Barbara Rütting and Heinz Schacht.Bock & Bergfelder p. 305 The title is a reference to the

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mail service, which is used as a contract point by the film's characters. The film portrays a number of residents of

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who decide to escape to the West.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1952 films 1952 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Gerhard T. Buchholz Cold War films Films critical of communism German black-and-white films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub