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The Merry Quartet from the Filling Station (1972)

The Merry Quartet from the Filling Station poster
Original title
Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle
Directed by
Franz Antel
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany, Austria
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of four friends work at a filling station outside Vienna. They get into comedic situations and sing songs together.

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What happens

The Merry Quartet from the Filling Station (German: Die lustigen Vier von der Tankstelle) is a 1972 Austrian-West German musical comedy film directed by Franz Antel and starring Uschi Glas, Hans-Jürgen Bäumler and Willy Millowitsch. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nino Borghi. Location shooting too place at a filling station in the market town of Perchtoldsdorf, just outside Vienna. It was made as a co-production including the West German production company Divina-Film, which had close ties to the film's distributor Gloria Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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