Tugboat M 17 () is a 1933 German drama film directed by Heinrich George and Werner Hochbaum and starring Heinrich George, Berta Drews and Betty Amann.Bock & Bergfelder p.10 George, a prominent actor, directed much of the film before it was finished by Hochbaum. Location filming took place on the Ruppiner See. It portrays life on a boat on Germany's inland waterways in the vicinity of Berlin.
It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo on 19 April 1933.
Cast Heinrich George as Henner, der Schiffer Berta Drews as Marie, seine Frau Joachim Streubel as Franz, sein Kind Betty Amann as Gescha Wilfried Seyferth as Jakob Maria Schanda as Eine Sängerin as Jakobs Vater Kurt Getke as Piet Friedrich Ettel as Orje Hansjoachim Büttner as Karl Walter Steiner as Ein Kommerzienrat Alexander Jonas as Ein Wirt
References
Bibliography Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
Schleppzug M 17 Full movie at the Deutsche Filmothek