The Duck Rings at Half Past Seven (German: Die Ente klingelt um halb acht) is a 1968 Italian-West German comedy film directed by Rolf Thiele and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler and Graziella Granata.Rabkin p.202 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wolf Englert and Herbert Strabel.https://www.filmportal.de/film/die-ente-klingelt-um-12-8_289a00996c2048559a075f0a7991262b
Synopsis Computer engineer Doctor Alexander collides with an elephant and when he excitedly explains this to a police patrol he finds himself sent to a mental institution where he sets about disrupting the routines.
Cast Heinz Rühmann as Dr. Alexander Hertha Feiler as Adele Graziella Granata as Dr Jaspers Charles Regnier as Professor Sauermann John van Dreelen as Rechtsanwalt Kellermann Balduin Baas as Lesender Rudolf Schündler as Staatsanwalt Alexander Allerson as Tommy Monica Teuber as Ulrike Inge Marschall as Krankenschwester Angela Hillebrecht as Ilse Hans Epskamp as Polizeiarzt Herbert Bötticher as Verkäufer Sammy Drechsel as Reporter
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Bibliography Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.. Rabkin, Leslie Y. The Celluloid Couch: An Annotated International Filmography of the Mental Health Professional in the Movies and Television, from the Beginning to 1990. Scarecrow Press, 1998.
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