The Second Life of F.W.G. Platow

The read

It runs a compact 1h 30m.

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Siegfried KühnDirector
• Siegfried KühnWriter
• Helmut BaierlWriter

Cast

• Fritz MarquardtPlatow
• Rolf HoppeDr.Hoppe
• Barbara AdolphRennmarks Sekretärin
• Fred DelmarePlatows Vater
• Winfried GlatzederClown
• Trude Bechmannalte Frau
• Hermann BeyerZolle
• Gisela HessMalvine
• Jürgen HoltzDieter Schildt
• Carmen-Maja AntoniKellnerin
• Hilmar BaumannFriedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow (jung)
• Margit BendokatMädchen mit Tasse