Rivals Behind the Wheel
6.8
Manfred Falk is an experienced race car driver and member of a racing collective in Eisenach. While competing in West Germany, the beautiful Manuela convinces him to leave his girlfriend Inge and his friends at the collective behind in order to join the South American Alvarez racing company.
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Cast
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Axel Monjé
Manfred Falk
Also in
Für die Katz'
The Mosquito
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Hermann Seering
Also in
Karl Marx. Early Years
People with Wings
Günter Marczinkowsky
EW Fiedler
Günter Hofé
Christa Fügner
Inge Thorwald
Ursula Kahlbaum
Manfred von Brauchitsch
Edelweiß Malchin
Manuela Alvarez
Also in
Girls Behind Bars
… und wenn’s nur einer wär’ …
Ernst W. Fiedler
Johannes Arpe
Altwirt
Also in
Fog
Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
Albrecht Bethge
Steinberg
Ernst W. Fiedler Director · Günter Hofé Writer Manfred von Brauchitsch Story
First release April 26, 1957 · Produced in XG · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG
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Original title
Rivalen am Steuer
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · April 26, 1957
Theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
June 27, 1957 · TV · West Germany
Hungary
October 10, 1957 · Theatrical
Russia
September 7, 1959
Russia
September 7, 1959 · Theatrical
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