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Cast
Sylvester Groth | ... |
Mark Niebuhr
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Fred Düren | ... |
General Eisensteck
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Matthias Günther | ... |
Hauptsturmführer
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Klaus Piontek | ... |
Major Ludenbroich
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Hans-Uwe Bauer | ... |
Karl-Heinz Fenske
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Alexander van Heteren | ... |
Jan Beveren
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Horst Hiemer | ... |
Gasmann
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Günter Junghans | ... |
Gestapokommissar Rodloff
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Krzysztof Chamiec | ... |
Chef
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Gustaw Lutkiewicz | ... |
Szybko
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Roman Wilhelmi | ... |
Ohnehals
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Andrzej Krasicki | ... |
Amtsarzt
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Zygmunt Maciejewski | ... |
Eugeniusz
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Andrzej Pieczynski | ... |
Leutnant
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Leonard Andrzejewski | ... |
Aufnahmebeamter
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Michael Gerber | ... |
Hauptmann Schulski
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Eberhard Kirchberg | ... |
Oberleutnant Müller
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Danuta Kowalska | ... |
Mädchen
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Erhard Marggraf | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener
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Mathis Schrader | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener
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Tomasz Stockinger | ... |
Polnischer Gefangener
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Teresa Szmigielówna | ... |
Polnische Frau
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Henryk Talar | ... |
Polnischer Gefangener
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Franciszek Trzeciak | ... |
Polnischer Gefangener
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Marcin Tronski | ... |
Polnischer Gefangener
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Henryk Bista | ... |
Polnischer Gefangener (uncredited)
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Jochen Diestelmann | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Günther Falkenau | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Horst Giese | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Rudolf Goßing | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Peter Heiland | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Reiner Heise | ... |
Erich Seiffert (uncredited)
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Tadeusz Jastrzebowski | ... |
Polnischer Gefangener (uncredited)
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Michal Juszczakiewicz | ... |
Polnischer Gefangener (uncredited)
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Roland Kuchenbuch | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Wolfgang Kühne | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Fred Ludwig | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Wolfgang Nestler | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Hannes Stelzer | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Karl Sturm | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Ulrich Teschner | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Nadja Wendland | ... |
Mädchen (uncredited)
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Eberhardt Wintzen | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Rudolf Woschick | ... |
Deutscher Gefangener (uncredited)
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Directed by
Frank Beyer |
Written by
Hermann Kant | ... | (novel) |
Wolfgang Kohlhaase | ... | (writer) |
Dieter Wolf | ... | (dramatisation) |
Music by
Günther Fischer |
Cinematography by
Eberhard Geick |
Editing by
Rita Hiller |
Production Design by
Alfred Hirschmeier |
Costume Design by
Joachim Dittrich |
Makeup Department
Monika Mörke | ... | makeup artist |
Lothar Stäglich | ... | makeup artist |
Rosemarie Stäglich | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Herbert Ehler | ... | production leader |
Harald Jahn | ... | assistant unit manager |
Ralph Retzlaff | ... | unit manager |
Jerzy Rutowicz | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Irene Weigel | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Hans Quappe | ... | set dresser |
Peter Röh | ... | property master |
Gisela Schulze | ... | set builder |
Sound Department
Konrad Walle | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
Eckhardt Hartkopf | ... | camera operator |
Jürgen Jankowski | ... | gaffer |
Dieter Lück | ... | assistant camera |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Progress Film-Verleih (1983) (East Germany) (theatrical)
- Unidoc (1984) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Icestorm Entertainment (2001) (Germany) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
The young German POW Mark Niebuhr, a former rifleman of an infantry battalion, arrives on a train at the Warsaw depot in October 1945. A Polish woman believes to have recognized him as the SS officer who murdered her daughter. He is separated from the group without knowing why and thrown into solitary confinement, alone with his worst fears. The investigation into his past is led by a young Polish lieutenant the same age as Mark. After four years, Mark goes to a cell with a Polish prisoner who confronts him brimming with hatred. At his work assignment in Warsaw's ruinous landscape, he must clear away the most dangerous of collapsing walls. He ends up rescuing a child, breaking his arm in doing so and ends up in the hospital, where he learns that his own murder investigation is fully underway. Following his hospital stay, he is transferred to a cell containing only German prisoners. Here, the old hierarchy and fascist spirit still reign in microcosm with General Eisensteck and Major Lundenbroich at the top. The wrongfully accused Niebuhr is thus taken in by the real war criminals as one of their own. He gradually begins to see through their ploys, resists them, isolates himself and thereby recognizes something greater within the guilt that now enmeshes his life. After eight months, his innocence in the murder trial is proven and he is released. Written by DEFA Film Library |
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