The Three from the Filling Station (1955 film)

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The Three from the Filling Station
Directed byHans Wolff
Written byGustav Kampendonk
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyWilli Sohm
Edited byHermann Leitner
Music byWerner R. Heymann
Production
company
Distributed byHerzog-Filmverleih
Release date
22 December 1955
Running time
93 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Three from the Filling Station (German: Die Drei von der Tankstelle) is a 1955 West German musical film directed by Hans Wolff and starring Adrian Hoven, Walter Müller and Walter Giller. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Hans Kuhnert.

The film is a remake of the 1930 UFA film The Three from the Filling Station. It was one of a series of remakes made during the 1950s of major hits during the Weimar and Nazi eras. A separate French-language remake The Road to Paradise was released in 1956.[1]

Synopsis[edit]

After losing their money, three young men go to work at a filling station where they all fall in love with the same woman.

Cast[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 129

Bibliography[edit]

  • Bergfelder, Tim & Bock, Hans-Michael. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German. Berghahn Books, 2009.

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