Fight of the Tertia (1952 film)

Fight of the Tertia
German film poster
German	Der Kampf der Tertia
Directed by	Erik Ode
Written by	Werner Kortwich Elly Rauch
Based on	Fight of the Tertia by Wilhelm Speyer
Starring	Brigitte Rau Wolfgang Jansen Horst Köppen Franz-Otto Krüger
Cinematography	Arndt Rautenfeld
Edited by	Klaus Dudenhöfer
Music by	Herbert Windt
Production company	Cinephon-Film
Distributed by	Union-Film
Release date	21 November 1952 (1952-11-21)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Fight of the Tertia (German: Der Kampf der Tertia) is a 1952 West German family film directed by Erik Ode and starring Brigitte Rau, Wolfgang Jansen and Horst Köppen. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Luigi. It is based on the 1928 novel of the same name by Wilhelm Speyer which was previously adapted into a 1929 silent film.

Plot

Youth gangs clash in a small town on the Baltic Sea.

Cast

• Brigitte Rau as Daniela
• Wolfgang Jansen as Borst
• Horst Köppen as Knötzinger Jr.
• Franz-Otto Krüger as Knötzinger
• Gert Andreae as Alexander Kirchholtes
• Hans Stiebner as Biersack
• Adalbert Kriwat as Falk
• Alexander Hunzinger as Polizeiwachtmeister Holzapfel
• Helmuth Rudolph as principal
• Rolf Weih as Dr. Frey
• Günther Jerschke as Dr. Grau
• Kurt Waitzmann as school nurse
• Frank Riedmüller as Tertian
• Dieter von Barany as Tertian
• Charles Brauer as Tertian
• Horst Höfer as Tertian
• Thomas Langenheim as Tertian
• Jürgen Cziesla as Tertian
• Wolfgang Thomas as Tertian
• Hubert von Albedyll as Tertian
• Peter Winter as Tertian
• Wolfgang Ehrlich as Tertian

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 302. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• Fight of the Tertia at IMDb