The Baldheaded Gang

Feb 15, 1963

1h 14m

★ 5.0

Overview

August 1961. The former Foreign Legionnaire, King, has collected a gang of hooligans, with whom he creates mischief in the GDR. After some careless work on a construction site, an event during which two people lose their lives, they move to a campsite on the Baltic Sea. With sputtering mopeds, loud radios, and occasional outbursts, the gang makes the vacationers' lives living hell. Unfortunately for them, Lieutenant Czernik discovers the connection between them and the accident at the construction site. To stop them from fleeing to West Berlin, Lieutenant Czernik and the police need to arrest them, one at a time, with King as the last.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

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Cast

Leutnant Lothar Czernik

Ulrich Thein

King

Thomas Weisgerber

Johle

Rolf Römer

Conny

Arno Wyzniewski

Helmut Ritter, Schriftsteller

Paul Berndt

Kirsten Köster, Journalistin

Brigitte Krause

Marianne Pohl

Jutta Wachowiak

Opas Mutter

Steffie Spira

Abschnittsbevollmächtigter

Erik S. Klein

Frau Pohl

Erika Dunkelmann

Klaus Gendries

Hans Knötzsch

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