Who Drove the Grey Ford?

Overview

"Who Drove the Grey Ford?" ("Wer fuhr den grauen Ford?") is a 1950 West German crime film directed by Otto Wernicke, marking his only directorial effort, and starring Wernicke as Kriminalkommissar Thieme alongside Ursula Herking, Hilde Sessak, and Wolfgang Neuss. The movie was filmed at numerous original locations in post-war Mannheim. It draws directly from a real-life 1949 post office robbery in Mannheim, exploring the social dislocations of the era through a documentary-style depiction of petty crime and moral dilemmas among young survivors of World War II. The plot centers on three young men scraping by through car stunts and minor cons in the uncertain landscape of Nachkriegsdeutschland, where one sensitive outsider, Peter "Penny," seeks to leave the life behind for love but is coerced into participating in a high-stakes robbery of a money transport. The heist unfolds according to plan, but Penny's well-intentioned yet careless action alerts the police...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 11, 1950

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

Pfeiffer Filmproduktion

Cast

Walter Pott,Otto Wernicke,Erich Scholz,Til Kiwe,Dieter Sommer,Wolfgang Neuss,Ursula Herking,Günther Erich Martsch,Marianne Gerzner,Georg Zimmermannand 4 more

Director

Otto Wernicke

Writer

Kurt Joachim Fischer

Producer

Paul Pfeiffer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0043122