The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
In this German drama, Brock, a railroad inspector, witnesses a robbery at a train depot. He recognizes the thief, but turning the man in would mean acknowledging he knows him, thus revealing his own complicity with the Nazi war machine. When Brock’s daughter and her boyfriend begin to question him about the incident, will the secret he’s kept for nearly 20 years finally be exposed?
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Joachim KunertDirector
- Joachim KunertWriter
- Günter KunertWriter
Cast
- Albert HetterleWalter Brock
- Annekathrin BürgerVera Brock
- Horst JonischkanFrank
- Walter Richter-ReinickErwin Runge
- Helga GöringFrau Runge
- Trude BechmannÄltere Frau
- Paul BerndtKriminalbeamter
- Maria BesendahlBäckerin
- Johanna ClasAnneliese Merkel
- Erik S. KleinCast
- Brigitte LindenbergCast
- Walter E. FußCast