Quax in Africa

Quax in Africa
Film poster
Directed by	Helmut Weiss
Written by	Hermann Grote (story)
Produced by	Heinz Rühmann
Starring	Heinz Rühmann Hertha Feiler Lothar Firmans
Cinematography	Ewald Daub
Edited by	Helmuth Schönnenbeck
Music by	Werner Bochmann
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Nordwestdeutscher Filmverleih
Release date	16 May 1947 (Sweden)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Quax in Africa (German: Quax in Afrika) is a 1947 German comedy adventure film directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler and Lothar Firmans. It is a sequel to the 1941 film Quax the Crash Pilot. Although the female lead from the previous film Karin Himboldt appears again, the principal romantic interest is now played by Rühmann's real-life wife Hertha Feiler.

The film began shooting in 1943, but was not released before the end of war. In 1945 it was banned by the Allied occupation authorities and, although it was distributed in Sweden in 1947, did not get a full West German release until 1953.

Some scenes were shot at an airfield near the Bavarian town of Kempten while parts of Brandenburg doubled for the African-set scenes. The film's sets were designed by Willi Herrmann.

Cast

• Heinz Rühmann as Otto Groschenbügel, 'Quax', Fluglehrer
• Hertha Feiler as Renate, Flugschülerin
• Lothar Firmans as Hansen, Fluglehrer
• Karin Himboldt as Marianne Bredow
• Robert Tessen as Fips, Flugschüler
• Bruni Löbel as Julchen, Flugschülerin
• Beppo Brem as Alois
• Adolf Fischer as Brückner, Fluglehrer
• Georg Vogelsang as Krehlert, alter Herr
• Lutz Götz as Kühn
• Adrian Hoven as Statist
• Georg Irmer as Mertens
• Ali Ghito
• Walter Gross
• Louis Brody
• Daisy Johnson
• Josef Kamper

See also

• Überläufer

Bibliography

• Chapman, James. War and Film. Reaktion Books, 2008.

External links

• Quax in Africa at IMDb