The Second Life of F.W.G. Platow
Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow
Release: 1973-05-31
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 5.7
Comedy
Drama
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow worked for the railways his entire working life. He took up service at the small station of Luege 34 years ago. Now, the line is to be electrified and Platow, who cannot cope with the new technology, has to work on a secondary local line. Georg, his son, a railway worker as well, is to attend a training course, but Georg refuses to go. Then his father comes to a surprising and highly unusual decision. He pretends to be Georg Platow, making himself twenty years younger than he really is and registers for the course.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Heide Kipp
as Hotelangestellte
Winfried Glatzeder
as Clown
Hermann Beyer
as Zolle
Jürgen Holtz
as Dieter Schildt
Gudrun Ritter
as Platows Schwiegertochter
Klaus Piontek
as Justus
Eberhard Esche
as Schauspieler
Trude Bechmann
as alte Frau
Hilmar Baumann
as Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow (jung)
Margit Bendokat
as Mädchen mit Tasse
Werner Toelcke
as Reporter
Rolf Hoppe
as Dr.Hoppe
Fred Delmare
as Platows Vater
Willi Schrade
as 2. Ingenieur
Wolfgang Winkler
as Dritter Ingenieur
Dieter Franke
as Rennmark
Hans-Joachim Hanisch
as Gutsbesitzer
Carmen-Maja Antoni
as Kellnerin
Volkmar Kleinert
as Ditfurt
Mikhail Gluzskiy
as Korporal
Johannes Wieke
as Eisenbahnaufpasser
Helmut Schreiber
as Zirkusdirektor