George
George
Release: 2013-06-21
·Runtime: 114m
·★ 6.7
Drama
The last years of Heinrich George's life are reconstructed with documentary footage and play scenes. His son Götz, named after Heinrich's favorite role of the peasant war hero from Goethe's play "Götz von Berlichingen", plays scenes from his father's life and allows his enormous creative power to shine through. Nothing is left out, nothing glossed over in this story of a man with many facets. Götz George, one of Germany's best-known actors, is at the center of this homage, which is also a reappraisal of the contradictions in his father's life. As the only follower from the acting profession, Heinrich George had to pay with his life. He was not officially rehabilitated until 1998.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
NDR
ARTE
SWR
RBB
WDR
ARD
teamWorx
Cast
Monika Gossmann
as Maria
Burghart Klaußner
as Helmut Maurer
Hanns Zischler
as Max Beckmann
Anneliese Uhlig
as Herself
Samuel Finzi
as Oberleutnant Bibler
Nils Schulz
as German
Götz George
as Heinrich George / Himself
Robert Dölle
as Erich Konstantin
Thomas Kügel
as Wilhelm Fraenger
Christian Weisenborn
as Himself
Paul Schlase
as Prisoner
Yevgeni Sitokhin
as Schmyrjow
Muriel Baumeister
as Berta Drews
Martin Wuttke
as Joseph Goebbels
Thomas Thieme
as Paul Wegener
Leonie Benesch
as Margot Hanke
Rike Schmid
as Anneliese Uhlig
Rolf Kanies
as Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Matthias Bundschuh
as Günter Weisenborn
Waléra Kanischtscheff
as Russian Soldier
