Am grünen Strand der Spree (On the Verdant Shores of the River Spree) was a five-part German television movie which first aired in 1960. It was based on a novel by Hans Scholz and has been called a Straßenfeger^[1] in German, a television program that was watched by so many, the streets (Straßen) were empty (gefegt, swept clean). It was produced by German broadcaster Nord- und Westdeutscher Rundfunkverband (NWRV) in Cologne, Germany.^[1] On April 29, 2009, the film version was released on five DVDs with the five-part SWF radio play as bonus material on MP3 CD.

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The story takes place in postwar Berlin, divided into zones of occupation. Five friends meet and share their experiences during World War II.^[1]

• Bum Krüger as Fritz Georg Hesselbarth
• Werner Lieven as Hans Schott
• Malte Jaeger as Hans-Joachim Lepsius
• Günter Pfitzmann as Bob Arnoldis
• Peter Pasetti
• Elisabeth Müller
• Anneli Granget

• List of German television series