Pension Boulanka

And his shady life offers many motives. Wizard Colanta, for example, knows that Gruyter betrayed anti-fascists to the Gestapo twenty years ago. An inconspicuous key print finally leads the detectives on the right track. PENSION BOULANKA is one of the rare genre films of the GDR. The exterior scenes were shot in Berlin at Rosenthaler Platz, Oranienburger Tor, Metropol Theater and at the Berlin Schönhauser Allee subway station. Since the film was set in revue theater, Friedrichstadt Palace Ballet also participated.

Keywords

  • DEFA
  • Made in Germany
  • Art
  • conflict
  • gdr
  • history

Actors

  • Erika Pelikowsky
  • Christine Laszar
  • Bärbel Bolle
  • Herbert Köfer
  • Herwart Grosse

Director

  • Helmut Krätzig

Timeless


1h 36min


12 FSK

DE

GDR
1964
Murder in the artist's boarding house: the artist Jan Gruyter is dead, Captain Brückner leads the investigation and all residents are suspects.

Murder in the artist's boarding house: the artist Jan Gruyter is dead, Captain Brückner leads the investigation and all residents are suspects.


And his shady life offers many motives. Wizard Colanta, for example, knows that Gruyter betrayed anti-fascists to the Gestapo twenty years ago. An inconspicuous key print finally leads the detectives on the right track.


PENSION BOULANKA is one of the rare genre films of the GDR. The exterior scenes were shot in Berlin at Rosenthaler Platz, Oranienburger Tor, Metropol Theater and at the Berlin Schönhauser Allee subway station. Since the film was set in revue theater, Friedrichstadt Palace Ballet also participated.

Cast & Crew