Tugboat M 17 (1933)
- Original title
- Schleppzug M 17
- Directed by
- Heinrich George, Werner Hochbaum
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This German drama follows the crew and passengers of a tugboat working Berlin's inland waterways. It shows the hard daily routines and personal struggles of people living and working on the boat.
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What happens
Tugboat M 17 (German: Schleppzug M 17) is a 1933 German drama film directed by Heinrich George and Werner Hochbaum and starring Heinrich George, Berta Drews and Betty Amann. George, a prominent actor, directed much of the film before it was finished by Hochbaum. Location filming took place on the Ruppiner See. It portrays life on a boat on Germany's inland waterways in the vicinity of Berlin. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo on 19 April 1933. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Lake Calls (1933)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.