Abstract: A vertical blind construction, including slats arranged hanging on a slat carriage each, tiltably around a vertical axis, and with a driving element (1), whose direction of movement is reversible, or a gear, which can be connected by coupling elements to an endless pull cord (6) for laterally displacing the slat carriages guided in a support rail (31), and to a grooved shaft (11), which passes through a tilting gear for tilting the slats in the slat carriages. The rotatable driving element (1) in connection with a planetary gear, wherein the driving element (1) is connected to the central gear (2), whose outer ring (4) is connected by a first recording disk idling gear (5), whose idle is adjusted to a slat tilt angle of 180.degree., to a drive gear (7) or the pull cord (6) and, via an intermediate gear (10) as well as a slip clutch (13), to the grooved shaft (11). The slip clutch (13) is associated with a second recording disk idling gear (12) for a slat tilt angle which likewise corresponds to 180.degree.