Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow

Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow

90 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 31, 1973

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.

Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow

90 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 31, 1973

Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow
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.
Producers DEFA
Original title Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow
Directors Siegfried Kühn
Writers Helmut Baierl, Siegfried Kühn

Cast

Fritz Marquardt

as Platow

Rolf Hoppe

as Dr.Hoppe

Barbara Adolph

as Rennmarks Sekretärin

Fred Delmare

as Platows Vater

Trude Bechmann

as alte Frau

Hermann Beyer

as Zolle

Gisela Hess

as Malvine

Jürgen Holtz

as Dieter Schildt

Carmen-Maja Antoni

as Kellnerin

Hilmar Baumann

as Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow (jung)

Margit Bendokat

as Mädchen mit Tasse

Eberhard Esche

as Schauspieler

Lothar Warneke

as Platows Sohn

Wolfgang Pampel

as Wetzel

Gudrun Ritter

as Platows Schwiegertochter

Wolfgang Winkler

as Dritter Ingenieur