Elephant Fury [SEP] director
Elephant Fury
Elephant Fury (German: Gesprengte Gitter) is a 1953 West German drama war film directed by and starring Harry Piel. It also features Herbert A.E. Bohme, Hans Zesch-Ballot and Dorothea Wieck. The film had a troubled production history. Originally made between 1940 and 1943 under the title of Panic, it faced censorship problems. Following the end of the Second World War Piel recovered the negative which had fallen into the hands of the occupying Soviet forces. He re-shot some scenes and the film was
Gitter (Elephant Fury", a.k.a. "Panic"), which he also produced, wrote, and starred.
Biography.
After attending elementary school in Benrath and High School in Derendorf, Piel became a cadet in 1909 on a sailing ship, the "Grand Duchess Elizabeth". In 1911, however, he finished his cadethood and moved to Berlin in 1912 where he created the "Art Film Publishing House Company" and made, as a director, screenwriter and producer, his first feature "Black Blood