Director
Rainer Simon
Composer
Reiner Bredemeyer
Cast
Christoph Engel, Carl-Martin Spengler, Kathrin Waligura
Edition 1988
139'
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1987
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Historical, Drama
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Dialogue:
German
The history of a German family, tracing the destiny of three generations of the Wenglers. It comprises the period from 1871 to 1945, from the foundation of the German Empire to the end of Nazi-Germany. Gustav Wengler, aged twenty, returning from the war against
the French to his native village in Thuringia, has to build up a new life. He goes to town, where he manages to work his way up from a conscientious and diligent worker to a respected master craftsman. His rise runs parallel to that of the mechanical and optical manufacturing firm Baerwolf und Abel to a large enterprise of world renown for German precision work. The ups and downs in the life of the Wenglers, of father, son and grandson, are interlaced with events in Germany.
the French to his native village in Thuringia, has to build up a new life. He goes to town, where he manages to work his way up from a conscientious and diligent worker to a respected master craftsman. His rise runs parallel to that of the mechanical and optical manufacturing firm Baerwolf und Abel to a large enterprise of world renown for German precision work. The ups and downs in the life of the Wenglers, of father, son and grandson, are interlaced with events in Germany.
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Credits
Directors
Rainer Simon
Composers
Reiner Bredemeyer
Cast
Christoph Engel, Carl-Martin Spengler, Kathrin Waligura
Scenario
Rainer Simon, Helmut Bez
Director of Photography
Roland Dressel
Editors
Helga Gentz
Producers
Herbert Ehler
More info
Dialogue
German
Countries of production
East Germany
Year
1987