What Would Happen If...?
1960, German. Directed by Gerhard Klingenberg.
In the late 1950s, the collectivization of agriculture is in full swing in the East German village of Willshagen on the German-German border. Those in charge have to face many obstacles, especially from a large-scale farmer who is unwilling to join the co-op. All of a sudden, mysterious men in a fancy car appear in the village and show an interest in the rundown manor house. Gossip spreads quickly, and some villagers think there will be a re-parceling of properties and a land swap with West Germany. They assume everything will go back to how it used to be and even expect the count to return to his manor. In preparation, the situation in the village escalates at a fevered pitch.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Gerhard KlingenbergDirector
- Willi NarlochMittelbauer Gepfert
- Gerd EhlersGroßbauer Dahlke
- Heinz FrölichElias Ebermayer
- Trude BechmannAlte Drögern
- Hanns Anselm PertenGroßbauer Schäfer
- Fritz HofbauerGroßbauer Biegel
- Heinz ScholzBriefträger Mielsche
- Adolf Peter HoffmannBauer Mirek
- Horst LommatzschWirt Gustav
- Georg Peter-PilzBürgermeister
- Ernst KahlerParteisekretär Kramer
- Peter Paul GoesLPG-Vorsitzender Scharte
Details
- Released
- 1 September 1960
- Original title
- Was wäre, wenn...?
- Country
- East Germany
- Written by
- Hedda Zinner, Gerhard Klingenberg
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What Would Happen If...? (1960) was directed by Gerhard Klingenberg and stars Willi Narloch, Gerd Ehlers, Heinz Frölich.