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Iron Gustav

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Iron Gustav
AuthorHans Fallada
Original titleDer eiserne Gustav
TranslatorPhilip Owens
LanguageGerman
PublisherRowohlt Verlag
Publication date
1938
Publication placeGermany
Published in English
1940
Pages737

Iron Gustav: A Berlin Family Chronicle (German: Der eiserne Gustav) is a 1938 novel by the German writer Hans Fallada. It is about the Berlin coachman Gustav Hackendahl, nicknamed Iron Gustav, who struggles with his failing family life, career and country during World War I and the interwar period. The main character is based on the real person Gustav Hartmann [de].[1]

The novel was the basis for a 1958 film, and the West German television series Iron Gustav which premiered on ARD in 1979.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Woll, Silvia (2019). "4.5 Der eiserne Gustav (1938)". In Gustav Frank; Stefan Scherer (eds.). Hans-Fallada-Handbuch. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. pp. 395–407. doi:10.1515/9783110282146-033.
  2. ^ Rentschler, Eric. German Film & Literature. Routledge, 2013. p. 456.
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