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Krach im Vorderhaus
It can hardly be said that things are peaceful in the Berlin apartment building where the film's story takes place. There are constant clashes between the residents – and sometimes that's quite literal: for example, when the widow Bock hid some explosives among the bricks, which detonated when the building's thieving doorman lit them in his stove.
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It can hardly be said that things are peaceful in the Berlin apartment building where the film's story takes place. There are constant clashes between the residents – and sometimes that's quite literal: for example, when the widow Bock hid some explosives among the bricks, which detonated when the building's thieving doorman lit them in his stove.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Curt Wesse, Josef B. Malina
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Runtime:79 minutes
Studio:Tobis Filmkunst
Cast
Paul Heidemann
Director
Mady Rahl
Ilse Bock
Carl-Heinz Schroth
Dr. Erich Horn, Rechtsanwalt
Grethe Weiser
Paula Kluge
Rotraut Richter
Edeltraud Panse
Ernst Waldow
Gustav Kluge, Bäckermeister
Lotte Werkmeister
Witwe Bock, Plättstubenbesitzerin
Hans Stiebner
August Wudicke
Adolf Fischer
Emil, Bäckergeselle
Paul Westermeier
Panse, Portier
Kurt Seifert
Hermann Schultze
Ilse Fürstenberg
Irma Schultze
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