Elephant Fury

Elephant Fury

83 mins | Action | Oct. 12, 1953

German big game hunter brings elephants back from Africa safely through enemy lines, but they go on a stampede in Berlin. Filming began during WWII in Germany, but production was stopped because story showed Third Reich police and military having problems coping with an elephant stampede; after the War, it got completed by its originator, and exported to the US with English dubbed, while removing all references to its 1940s German origins!

Elephant Fury

83 mins | Action | Oct. 12, 1953

Elephant Fury
German big game hunter brings elephants back from Africa safely through enemy lines, but they go on a stampede in Berlin. Filming began during WWII in Germany, but production was stopped because story showed Third Reich police and military having problems coping with an elephant stampede; after the War, it got completed by its originator, and exported to the US with English dubbed, while removing all references to its 1940s German origins!
Producers Ariel Film
Original title Gesprengte Gitter
Directors Harry Piel
Writers

Cast

Harry Piel

as Peter Volker

Herbert A. E. Böhme

as Fritz Kröger

Dorothea Wieck

as Hella Thiele

Wilhelm P. Krüger

as A. R. Brinkmann

Ruth Eweler

as Christa Brinkmann

Hans Zesch-Ballot

as A. R. Thiele

Fritz Hoopts

as H. Sander

Maria Krahn

as Küppers

Julius Riedmueller

as Alois Leitner

Julius Frey

as F. Müller