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The Three from the Filling Station (1955)

The Three from the Filling Station poster
Original title
Die Drei von der Tankstelle
Directed by
Hans Wolff
Genre
comedy film, musical film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three friends run a filling station together in West Berlin. They get involved in comedic situations and romantic entanglements.

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What happens

The Three from the Filling Station (German: Die Drei von der Tankstelle) is a 1955 West German musical film directed by Hans Wolff and starring Adrian Hoven, Walter Müller and Walter Giller. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Hans Kuhnert. The film is a remake of the 1930 UFA film The Three from the Filling Station. It was one of a series of remakes made during the 1950s of major hits during the Weimar and Nazi eras. A separate French-language remake The Road to Paradise was released in 1956. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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