Gustav Hartmann is in trouble. Because of the new taxis he doesn't get many passengers in his horse-drawn carriage. To prove what he and his horse are capable of, he starts a trip from Berlin to Paris.
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The people behind it
Heinz Rühmann
Gustav Hartmann
Lucie Mannheim
Marie Hartmann
Ernst Schröder
Friedrich Karl Möbius
Karin Baal
Anni Hartmann
Ingrid van Bergen
Gertrud Hartmann
Ruth Nimbach
Johanna Möbius
Ludwig Linkmann
Paulchen Klinke
Manfred Grothe
Mahrenholz
Lutz Moik
Otto Kroppke
Hilde Sessak
Frau Vietzke
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