Der Mann aus Kanada

Aug 13, 1967

1h 29m

★ 0.0

Overview

Inge Karsten receives an unexpected visit from her former student friend Margit from the West. She is even more surprised to hear that she is married to her stepbrother Herbert, who was long thought to be missing and whom she had almost forgotten. He last lived in Canada. This presents Inge's husband Horst, who has an important job as a military pilot, with a conflict of conscience. The situation is even more serious than it seems at first glance. In truth, Margit is an agent and the whole story is a staged game by the West German secret service...

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Production Companies

Fernsehen der DDR

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

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Cast

Margit Steiner

Annekathrin Bürger

Inge Karsten

Kati Székely

Horst Karsten

Alfred Struwe

Major Seidel

Rudolf Ulrich

Hauptmann Kranz

Herbert Köfer

Major Sander

Jürgen Frohriep

Oberleutnant Kempf

Ezard Haußmann

Leutnant Schütz

Heinz Behrens

Helmer

Otto Stark

Funker

Kurt Müller-Reitzner

Horst Schön

Hannjo Hasse

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