TV Show Details
Air Date:August 27th, 1979
Last Air Date:October 8th, 1979
Network:Das Erste
Status:Ended
Genres:Drama
Original Language:German
Production Companies:ARD
Der eiserne Gustav (1979)
TV ShowDas Erste
Scripted
Plot
The stern and reserved Gustav Hartmann, known as "Iron Gustav", is the last Berlin cab driver. At the end of the 1920s, his time is over as horse-drawn cabs are replaced by automobile cabs. He is threatened with impoverishment. His family wants to have him incapacitated. So he sets off on one last great journey that takes him from Berlin to Paris and back. A reporter with a nose for a big story accompanies him, Gustav becomes famous, returns to Berlin in triumph and, having become a gentle and approachable person, reconciles with his family.
