The Beaver Coat (1949 film)

The Beaver Coat
The Beaver Coat
	German film poster
German	Der Biberpelz
Directed by	Erich Engel
Written by	Robert A. Stemmle
Based on	The Beaver Coat; by Gerhart Hauptmann
Produced by	Herbert Uhlich
Starring	Fita Benkhoff; Werner Hinz; Käthe Haack;
Cinematography	Bruno Mondi
Edited by	Lilian Seng
Music by	Ernst Roters
Production; company	DEFA
Distributed by	Progress Film
Release date	21 October 1949;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	East Germany
Language	German

The Beaver Coat (German: Der Biberpelz) is a 1949 East German comedy film directed by Erich Engel and starring Fita Benkhoff, Werner Hinz and Käthe Haack.^[1] It is an adaptation of Gerhart Hauptmann's 1893 play The Beaver Coat, previously adapted into a 1928 silent film and a 1937 sound film produced during the Nazi era.

It was made at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on the backlot of Babelsberg Studios, both of which fell into the Eastern Zone of occupation in 1945 and were under the control of the state-owned DEFA organisation. Location shooting also took place in Potsdam. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Erdmann.

Cast

^ Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1977. p. 85.

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The Beaver Coat
German film poster

German	Der Biberpelz

Directed by	Erich Engel
Written by	Robert A. Stemmle
Based on	The Beaver Coat by Gerhart Hauptmann
Produced by	Herbert Uhlich
Starring	Fita Benkhoff Werner Hinz Käthe Haack
Cinematography	Bruno Mondi
Edited by	Lilian Seng
Music by	Ernst Roters
Production company	DEFA
Distributed by	Progress Film
Release date	21 October 1949 (1949-10-21)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	East Germany
Language	German