Description
Elephant Fury (German: Gesprengte Gitter) is a 1953 West German drama war film directed by and starring Harry Piel.[1] 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 Originally made between 1940 and 1943 under the title of Panic, it faced censorship problems.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 Großtierfänger Peter Volker
Herbert A.E. Böhme as Mitarbeiter Fritz Kröger
Hans Zesch-Ballot as Zoodirektor Thiele
Dorothea Wieck as Hella Thiele
Wilhelm P. Krüger as Farmer A. R. Brinkmann
Ruth Eweler as Christa Brinkmann
Fritz Hoopts as Farmer H. Sander
Maria Krahn as Farmerin Küppers
Julius Riedmueller as Affenwärter Alois Leitner
Julius Frey as Elefantenwärter F. Müller
L. Krüger-Roger as Raubtierwärter J. Huber
Beppo Brem as Tiergartenbesucher während eines Fliegerangriffs
Peter Strunk as Tierwärter Becker
Karl Hellmer
Maria Hofen
Eva Klein-Donath
Joe Münch-Harris
Albert Parsen
Karl-Heinz Peters
Rudolf Vogel
Directed by Harry Piel
Written by Erwin Biswanger, Erwin Kreker, Alexander Lix, Harry Piel
Starring Harry Piel, Hans Zesch-Ballot, Dorothea Wieck
Music by Werner Bochmann, Fritz Wenneis
Production company: Ariel Film, Fabrikation Deutscher Filme
Distributed by UFA
Release date: 13 October 1953
Running time: 100 minutes
Country West Germany
