Der Aufstand
Der Aufstand
Release: 2003-06-03
Drama
June 17, 1953 - the day on which workers in the former Soviet Union took a stand against their government for the first time to protest against excessive labor standards. The protests escalated into a political uprising, which was only ended by the Soviet army using tanks. 50 years later, the docudrama "The Uprising" captivatingly depicts the historical events of those days that threatened to unhinge the SED system.
Production Countries
Germany
Cast
Florian Lukas
as Fritz Schenk
Robert Glatzeder
Heikko Deutschmann
Florian Martens
Christian Redl
as Beria
Stefanie Stappenbeck
as Erika Sarre
Dirk Borchardt
as Wächter
Herbert Knaup
Dieter Mann
Karl Kranzkowski
Axel Buchholz
as Horst Schlaffke
Günter Junghans
as Walter Ulbricht
Jan Josef Liefers
as Dr. Klaus Kosnitzer
Florian Panzner
Jürgen Vogel
as Otto Peng
Michael Kind
Uwe Bohm
as Otto Pfeng
