| Alter Kahn und junge Liebe | |
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| Directed by | Hans Heinrich |
| Produced by | Werner Dau |
| Written by | Hans Heinrich |
| Starring | Alfred Maack |
| Music by | Gerd Natschinski |
| Cinematography | Eugen Klagemann |
| Editing by | Hildegard Tegener, Ferdinand Weintraub |
| Studio | DEFA |
| Distributed by | PROGRESS-Film Verleih |
| Release date(s) | 22 February 1957 |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | East Germany |
| Language | German |
Alter Kahn und junge Liebe (English-language title: Old Barge, Young Love)[1] is an East German romance film directed by Hans Heinrich. It was released in 1957.
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Skipper Vollbeck leads a small group of barges traveling down the Havel from Berlin to Waren. To meet his debtors' demands, he loaded his ship with cement almost beyond its capability to carry. Horst, the skipper of one of the other boats, and Vollbeck's son Kalle both fall in love with the older skipper's niece Anna, who joined the journey. Eventually, she chooses Kalle and they marry, after the barges manage to make it to Waren.
The film was one of the more light-hearted DEFA productions of the second half of the 1950s, created after a wave of highly ideological films were negatively received by the public. According to author Heinz Kersten, it had only "a modest saying on the matters of society" and was "entertainment".[2] It was Götz George's first major role on the screen.[3]
The West German Catholic Film Service described the film as "having several clumsy moments. Generally, an undemanding piece of entertainment."[4] The World Stage newspaper's critic dubbed as "dramatically dull."[5]
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