1950 EMW 340

1950 EMW 340 in Funeral in Berlin, Movie, 1966

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

00:20:03 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
Wampa-One ◊ 2008-01-31 03:58	Matthias wrote:
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2008-01-31 11:49	Used in the film as a Volkspolizei car in East Berlin. (Presumably they filmed this scene in a shabby part of West Berlin.) EDIT: Why "EMW 340 Volkspolizei"? It's extremely unlikely to be a real Volkspolizei car. -- Last edit: 2008-01-31 12:00:31
Ingo ◊ 2008-01-31 18:50	No, it wasn't. As a new car the EMW 340 was only available for GDR-authorities, the police, the Stasi(secret-service), bosses of big state-owned factories (VEB) and so on. It was impossible for private GDR-citizens to get this car as new. The only exceptions was, as I've heard, if a doctor needs a car for making visits.
MBSL65fan ◊ 2008-02-01 02:19	What does EMW mean?
chris40 ◊ 2008-02-01 09:34	Eisenacher Motoren Werk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobilwerk_Eisenach
Matthias ◊ 2008-02-11 20:06	Two or three stars?
antp ◊ 2008-02-11 22:34	Depends... is it used in multiple scenes?
DAF555 ◊ 2008-11-16 21:24
Leopoldo89 ◊ 2012-10-31 04:38	Nice car!
andrepa ◊ 2020-11-23 22:25