Spring Takes Time

Spring Takes Time

76 mins | Drama | Nov. 25, 1965

Was it an act of sabotage or willful negligence? The non-party engineer Heinz Solter is suddenly arrested and accused of approving a defective pipeline that caused a half million loss to his company. At first, the case seems clear-cut for the state prosecutor, but when he probes deeper, he discovers that Solter had acted against his better judgment due to the pressure from his career-driven and authoritarian boss.

Spring Takes Time

76 mins | Drama | Nov. 25, 1965

Spring Takes Time
Was it an act of sabotage or willful negligence? The non-party engineer Heinz Solter is suddenly arrested and accused of approving a defective pipeline that caused a half million loss to his company. At first, the case seems clear-cut for the state prosecutor, but when he probes deeper, he discovers that Solter had acted against his better judgment due to the pressure from his career-driven and authoritarian boss.
Producers DEFA
Original title Der Frühling braucht Zeit
Directors Günter Stahnke
Writers Hermann O. Lauterbach, Günter Stahnke, Konrad Schwalbe

Cast

Eberhard Mellies

as Heinz Solter

Günther Simon

as Erhard Faber

Doris Abeßer

as Inge Solter

Karla Runkehl

as Luise Faber

Rolf Hoppe

as Rudi Wiesen

Erik S. Klein

as Staatsanwalt Burger

Friedrich Richter

as Dr Kranz

Elfriede Née

as Ruth Solter

Agnes Kraus

as Ursula Schmitz

Heinz Scholz

as Meermann

Horst Schön

as Schellhorn

Kurt Barthel

as Jensen

Hans Flössel

as Lehmann

Kurt Abeßer

as Nölling

Sina Fiedler-Engel

as Fabers Sekretärin

Werner Freese

as Wachtmeister

Charlotte Friedrich

as Mutter Wiesen

Joachim Gürtner

as Kriminalist

Maika Joseph

as Reichsbahnangestellte

Rolf Ripperger

as Kriminalist

Dieter Schindelhauer

as LKW-Fahrer

Nico Turoff

as Wirt

Bella Waldritter

as Haushälterin

Albert Zahn

as LKW-Fahrer