Iron Gustav (German: Der eiserne Gustav) is West German television series which originally aired on ARD in seven episodes between 27 August and 8 October 1979. It is based on the 1938 novel Iron Gustav by Hans Fallada about a Berlin taxi driver still using a horse-drawn carriage, and the hardships he faces due to increasing competition from motor cars in the Weimar Era. In 1928 to demonstrate what he can still do he takes his carriage from Berlin to Paris.
Main cast
Gustav Knuth as Gustav Hackendahl
Eva Brumby as Grete Hackendahl
Eos Schopohl as Eva Hackendahl
Volker Lechtenbrink as Erich Hackendahl
Michael Kausch as Heinz Hackendahl
Erika Skrotzki as Gertrud Gudde
Manfred Lehmann as Eugen Bast
Dagmar Biener as Sophie Hackendahl
Peter Eschberg as Dr. Pasolt
Inge Landgut as Mutter Quaas
Gabriele Schramm as Irma Hackendahl
Rainer Hunold as Wilhelm Hackendahl
Valérie de Tilbourg as Tinette Blanc
Herbert Steinmetz as Schuldirektor
Käthe Haack as Marlene
Heinz Meier as Herr Tümmel
Brigitte Mira as Frau Pauli
Günter Strack as Bankdirektor Hoppe
Michael Nowka as Erich Menz
References
Bibliography
Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. Rentschler, Eric . German Film & Literature. Routledge, 2013.