Black Friday

Movie
Original title	Black Friday
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1966
length	77 minutes
Rod
Director	August Everding , Günter Meincke
script	Maria Matray , Answald Kruger
camera	Günther Senftleben
cut	Werner Preuss
occupation
Curd Juergens : Richard Whitney Hans Christian Blech : Senator Caldwell Paul Hoffmann : George Whitney Dieter Borsche : Everett Gardener Wolfgang Reichmann : Senator Melotti Erik Ode : Senator O'Keefe Ullrich Haupt : Frederic Hart Heinz Engelmann : Senator Brown Hermann Lenschau : Lex Dennison Wolfgang Neuss : Jones Franz Rudnick : Senator Henderson Peter Capell : William Stewart Manfred Steffen : Ferris Hans Ulrich : Walker Hans Schellbach Horst Beck Horst Tappert : Narrator

The television film Black Friday is a German documentary game from 1966 with Curd Jürgens in the leading role.

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In 1929, the so-called " Black Friday " began the world economic crisis . The share prices on the stock exchanges plummeted. And at first it was the stockbrokers who lost their jobs. But soon afterwards, a wave of layoffs rolled through trading companies and factories around the world. The active workers and employees had to watch as their jobs were lost. In Germany in particular, many people felt abandoned by the state and began to be enthusiastic about politically radical ideas.

How could this fall in share prices and thus also in society? This is the question this film aims to answer.

The focus of the film is Richard Whitney , the stockbroker and President of the New York Stock Exchange , embodied by Curd Jürgens . While he appears at the beginning of the film as a radiant hero who tries to stop the collapse by buying support the day before the stock market crash , he is exposed as a daring speculator and criminal in the end .

Web links

• The Black Friday in the Internet Movie Database (English)