# Poison in the Zoo

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1952 film

Poison in the Zoo Directed by Hans Müller Wolfgang Staudte Written by Edgar Kahn Produced by Werner Ludwig Starring Irene von Meyendorff Carl Raddatz Petra Peters Cinematography Ekkehard Kyrath Edited by Anneliese Schönnenbeck Music by Marc Hendriks Production company Camera-Filmproduktion Distributed by National-Film Release date 24 January 1952 (1952-01-24) Running time 84 minutes Country West Germany Language German

***Poison in the Zoo*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Gift im Zoo***) is a 1952 West German [thriller film](/source/Thriller_film) directed by [Hans Müller](/source/Hans_M%C3%BCller_(director)) and [Wolfgang Staudte](/source/Wolfgang_Staudte) and starring [Irene von Meyendorff](/source/Irene_von_Meyendorff), [Carl Raddatz](/source/Carl_Raddatz) and [Petra Peters](/source/Petra_Peters).

## Production

During production in 1951, director Wolfgang Staudte was removed and replaced when the [West German authorities](/source/Federal_Government_of_Germany) refused to consider the production eligible for state subsidies unless Staudte declared that he would no longer work for the [DEFA](/source/DEFA) studios of the [Communist](/source/Communist) [East German](/source/East_German) state. Staudte, who had made several major productions for DEFA, refused and was replaced by Müller.[1]

The film was shot at the [Wandsbek Studios](/source/Wandsbek_Studios) in [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg) and [on location](/source/Filming_location) in the city's [Tierpark Hagenbeck](/source/Tierpark_Hagenbeck). The sets were designed by [Albrecht Becker](/source/Albrecht_Becker) and [Herbert Kirchhoff](/source/Herbert_Kirchhoff).

## Synopsis

After a series of mysterious deaths of animals at a [zoo](/source/Zoo) the police are called in to investigate.

## Cast

- [Irene von Meyendorff](/source/Irene_von_Meyendorff) as Vera Pauly

- [Carl Raddatz](/source/Carl_Raddatz) as Dr. Martin Rettberg

- [Petra Peters](/source/Petra_Peters) as Jutta Flamm

- [Ernst Schröder](/source/Ernst_Schr%C3%B6der_(actor)) as Oskar Beck

- [Hermann Speelmans](/source/Hermann_Speelmans) as Kriminalrat Walter Glasbrenner

- [Nicolas Koline](/source/Nicolas_Koline) as Wärter Mathias

- [Kurt Meister](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurt_Meister&action=edit&redlink=1) as Oberwärter Kruschke

- [Otto Reimer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Otto_Reimer&action=edit&redlink=1) as Wärter Robby

- [Helmut Peine](/source/Helmut_Peine) as Kriminalkommissar Werner

- [Tilla Hohmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tilla_Hohmann&action=edit&redlink=1) as Wirtschafterin Karola

- [Hella Attenberger](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hella_Attenberger&action=edit&redlink=1) as Gaby Rettberg

- [Alwin Pauli](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alwin_Pauli&action=edit&redlink=1) as Oberwärter Berger

- [Bruno Klockmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bruno_Klockmann&action=edit&redlink=1) as Polizeichef Dr. Wöltje

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Schissler p. 297

## Bibliography

- Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. *The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema*. Berghahn Books, 2009.

- Hanna Schissler. *The Miracle Years: A Cultural History of West Germany, 1949–1968*. Princeton University Press, 2001.

## External links

- [*Poison in the Zoo*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043586/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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