Der Springteufel
Encyclopedia
Der Springteufel is a 1974 West German
TV movie
starring Dieter Hallervorden
and Arno Assmann
, directed by Heinz Schirk based on a story by Derrick Sherwin
, an English television writer best known for his work in Doctor Who
. It's a psychological thriller about a hitchhiker
to Frankfurt
who takes the man who gives him a lift hostage and plays mind games with him. It has been released on DVD
in 2006.
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
TV movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
starring Dieter Hallervorden
Dieter Hallervorden
Dieter "Didi" Hallervorden is a German comedian, comic actor, singer and cabaret artist.-Biography:...
and Arno Assmann
Arno Assmann
Arno Assmann was a German actor and film director. He committed suicide.- As actor :* Der Springteufel * Der Stoff, aus dem die Träume sind * Max, der Taschendieb...
, directed by Heinz Schirk based on a story by Derrick Sherwin
Derrick Sherwin
Derrick Sherwin is a British television producer, writer, and actor. He is best known as the story editor and later producer of Doctor Who...
, an English television writer best known for his work in Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. It's a psychological thriller about a hitchhiker
Hitchhiking
Hitchhiking is a means of transportation that is gained by asking people, usually strangers, for a ride in their automobile or other road vehicle to travel a distance that may either be short or long...
to Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
who takes the man who gives him a lift hostage and plays mind games with him. It has been released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in 2006.
Cast
- Arno AssmannArno AssmannArno Assmann was a German actor and film director. He committed suicide.- As actor :* Der Springteufel * Der Stoff, aus dem die Träume sind * Max, der Taschendieb...
- Driver - Dieter HallervordenDieter HallervordenDieter "Didi" Hallervorden is a German comedian, comic actor, singer and cabaret artist.-Biography:...
- Hitchhiker - Hanna Seiffert
- Klaus Dieter Söder
- Manfred Böhm
- Hans Weverinck
- Hans Diener