Time to Live
Zeit zu leben
Release: 1969-09-25
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 5.0
Drama
The communist and resistance fighter Lorenz Reger, who after the war put all his efforts in the creation of a socialist German state, learns that he has only a short time left to live. Nevertheless, he wants to take on one last difficult new task: He wants to restructure a large firm which has run deep into the red numbers. In a short amount of time, Reger manages to establish mutual trust between the employees and the new management. Furthermore, he motivates the employees with his personal interest for their concerns.
Production Countries
Germany
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Jürgen Hentsch
as Fred Sommer
Leon Niemczyk
as Lorenz Reger
Dieter Wien
Ivan Pereverzev
Johannes Wieke
Mathilde Danegger
Erik S. Klein
Monica Bielenstein
Frank-Otto Schenk
Yelena Maksimova
Uwe Detlef Jessen
Marie-Anne Fliegel
Otmar Richter
Jutta Hoffmann
as Katja Sommer
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Fred Delmare
as Alfred Kalabis
Jürgen Frohriep
Werner Lierck
Christoph Beyertt
as Dr. Heinz
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Wolfgang Greese
Karin Gregorek
Gudrun Ritter
Traudl Kulikowsky