The Heathens of Kummerow

The Heathens of Kummerow
Directed byWerner Jacobs
Written byKurt Hahne
Eberhard Keindorff
Johanna Sibeliu
Based onThe Heathens of Kummerow
by Ehm Welk
Produced byKurt Hahne
Walter Koppel
StarringPaul Dahlke
Ralf Wolter
Fritz Tillmann
CinematographyGünter Haubold
Edited byMonika Schindler
Music byRolf Alexander Wilhelm
Production
companies
DEFA
Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft
Neue Real Film W. Koppel
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 21 December 1967 (1967-12-21)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesEast Germany
West Germany
LanguageGerman

The Heathens of Kummerow (German: Die Heiden von Kummerow und ihre lustigen Streiche, lit.'The Heathens of Kummerow and Their Funny Pranks') is a 1967 East German-West German family comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Paul Dahlke, Ralf Wolter and Fritz Tillmann. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name, written by Ehm Welk and published in 1937.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Senta Ochs and Alfred Tolle. Location shooting took place around Rügen.