Verfolgte Wege

Jul 1, 1989

1h 47m

★ 0.0

Overview

Post-war Germany in 1946 while people are struggling to make ends meet, the film follows Hermann, a war veteran who finds employment at a train station. As he falls in love with an agricultural worker and starts comitting thefts, his fragile psyche seems to fall more and more out of balance.

Genres

Drama

History

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Cast

Hermann

Peter Cieslinski

Marie

Barbara Auer

Lotte

Helen De Lon

Karl

Michael Dick

Friedrich

Adolf Laimböck

Lisa

Julia Lindig

Heindl

Tilo Prückner

Leo

Ernst Strachwitz

Carla

Michaela Wolko

Dr. Stamm

Heiner Stadelmann

Policeman No.1

Dieter Jung

Policeman No.2

Hartmut Schorries

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