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RUNTIME
Did you know
82 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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Cast
Heinz Weiss
Clemens Forell
Wolfgang Büttner
Dr. Heinz Stauffer
Edgar Mandel
Danborn
Harro Riviére
Dechant
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Fritz Umgelter
- Languages
- German
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Fritz Umgelter directs. Jochen Maass behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 182 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 267 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Fritz Umgelter, shot by Jochen Maass. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Heinz Weiss and Wolfgang Büttner and Edgar Mandel carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0052509 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Jochen Maass
- Runtime
- 82 min · 1h 22m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
Also by
Fritz Umgelter
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- miniseries
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1959-02-12
Also known as
International titles
- So weit die Füße tragen (1)DE
- So weit die Füße tragen (2)DE
- So weit die Füße tragen (3)DE
- So weit die Füße tragen (4)DE
- So weit die Füße tragen (5)DE
- So weit die Füße tragen (6)DE
