The Hunt for the Boot
7.2
Germany 1932, constant fights between Communists and Nazis tear the country apart. When a Communist is found dead, the police accuses another Communist being his murderer. But the Communist youth group follows another trail - the murderer left a characteristic boot print at the scene of the crime.
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Cast
25 people
Günter Naumann
Kurt Büttner
Also in
Zur See
Rottenknechte
Gerry Wolff
Schuster Friedberg
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Spuk im Hochhaus
Naked Among Wolves
Konrad Petzold
Hans-Albert Pederzani
Ilse Peters
Raimund Schelcher
Julius Gemse
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Vacation in Sylt
Der Prozeß wird vertagt
Günter Hauk
Wolfgang Böhme
Jack Büttner #1
Paul Berndt
Hans Müller
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Rottenknechte
Stülpner-Legende
Siegfried Hönicke
Mathias Böhme
Jack Büttner #2
Dieter Scharfenberg
Konrad Petzold Director · Hans-Albert Pederzani Writer Max Zimmering Author
First release August 17, 1962 · Produced in Germany, XG · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
Germany · XG
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Original title
Die Jagd nach dem Stiefel
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · August 17, 1962
Theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
January 17, 1964
Germany
January 12, 1985 · TV · West Germany
Russia
June 3, 1963 · Theatrical
September 17, 1963 · TV
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