Fight of the Tertia (1952 film)

Fight of the Tertia (German: Der Kampf der Tertia) is a 1952 West German family film directed by Erik Ode and starring Brigitte Rau, Wolfgang Jansen and Horst Köppen. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Luigi. It is based on the 1928 novel of the same name by Wilhelm Speyer which was previously adapted into a 1929 silent film.

Fight of the Tertia
German film poster
GermanDer Kampf der Tertia
Directed byErik Ode
Written byWerner Kortwich
Elly Rauch
Based onFight of the Tertia
by Wilhelm Speyer
Starring
CinematographyArndt Rautenfeld
Edited byKlaus Dudenhöfer
Music byHerbert Windt
Production
company
Cinephon-Film
Distributed byUnion-Film
Release date
  • 21 November 1952 (1952-11-21)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Plot

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Youth gangs clash in a small town on the Baltic Sea.

Cast

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  • Brigitte Rau as Daniela
  • Wolfgang Jansen as Borst
  • Horst Köppen as Knötzinger Jr.
  • Franz-Otto Krüger as Knötzinger
  • Gert Andreae as Alexander Kirchholtes
  • Hans Stiebner as Biersack
  • Adalbert Kriwat as Falk
  • Alexander Hunzinger as Polizeiwachtmeister Holzapfel
  • Helmuth Rudolph as principal
  • Rolf Weih as Dr. Frey
  • Günther Jerschke as Dr. Grau
  • Kurt Waitzmann as school nurse
  • Frank Riedmüller as Tertian
  • Dieter von Barany as Tertian
  • Charles Brauer as Tertian
  • Horst Höfer as Tertian
  • Thomas Langenheim as Tertian
  • Jürgen Cziesla as Tertian
  • Wolfgang Thomas as Tertian
  • Hubert von Albedyll as Tertian
  • Peter Winter as Tertian
  • Wolfgang Ehrlich as Tertian

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 302. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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