As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (TV series)
| As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Josef Martin Bauer Fritz Umgelter |
| Directed by | Fritz Umgelter |
| Starring | Heinz Weiss |
| Country of origin | West Germany |
| Original language | German |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Walter Pindter |
| Running time | 400 minutes |
| Production company | Norddeutscher Rundfunk |
| Original release | |
| Network | ARD |
| Release | 12 February – 21 April 1959 |
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (German: So weit die Füße tragen) is a 1959 West German television series which was first broadcast on ARD on six episodes. It is based on the memoirs of Cornelius Rost detailing his escape from a Soviet gulag after being held as prisoner of war.[1] It starred Heinz Weiss as Clemens Forell, the alias used by Rost.
Other actors who appeared in the series include Wolfgang Büttner, Johannes Buzalski, Hans Epskamp and Dietrich Thoms.
References
- ^ Wienand p.73
Bibliography
Christiane Wienand. Returning Memories: Former Prisoners of War in Divided and Reunited Germany. Boydell & Brewer, 2015.