Der Nachfolger
Der Nachfolger
Release: 1965-09-12
Crime
Thriller
The Federal Republic of Germany. Journalist Rohmann, seriously injured in a car accident, is dying in hospital. Before his death, he bequeaths his unfinished novel to his friend, the famous writer Frank Seburg, and asks him to complete the work he started. Frank Seburg examines the materials collected by Rohmann. It turns out that the journalist was trying to uncover the mystery surrounding the deaths of several West German officials. According to the official version, they all committed suicide. Seburg was unable to fulfill his friend's request to reveal the true causes of their deaths. The fight against the followers of fascism proved too much for him.
Production Countries
Germany
East Germany
Cast
Jutta Wachowiak
as laboratory technician
Herwart Grosse
as Chief Prosecutor Bürger
Horst Drinda
as Volker Rochmann
Karin Ugowski
as nurse
Larisa Luzhina
as Lilo Rochmann
Wolfgang Greese
as Verleger Ronkwitz
Helmut Schreiber
as chief of police
Horst Westphal
as Lothar Siemann
Gerhard Hänsel
as Kommissar Schmitz
Gerd Ehlers
as Kommissar Böwensiepen
Stanisław Zaczyk
as Frank Seeburg