Time to Live

Time to Live

104 mins | Drama | Sept. 25, 1969

The communist and resistance fighter Lorenz Reger, who after the war put all his efforts in the creation of a socialist German state, learns that he has only a short time left to live. Nevertheless, he wants to take on one last difficult new task: He wants to restructure a large firm which has run deep into the red numbers. In a short amount of time, Reger manages to establish mutual trust between the employees and the new management. Furthermore, he motivates the employees with his personal interest for their concerns.

Time to Live

104 mins | Drama | Sept. 25, 1969

Time to Live
The communist and resistance fighter Lorenz Reger, who after the war put all his efforts in the creation of a socialist German state, learns that he has only a short time left to live. Nevertheless, he wants to take on one last difficult new task: He wants to restructure a large firm which has run deep into the red numbers. In a short amount of time, Reger manages to establish mutual trust between the employees and the new management. Furthermore, he motivates the employees with his personal interest for their concerns.
Producers DEFA
Original title Zeit zu leben
Directors Horst Seemann
Writers Wolfgang Held, Horst Seemann

Cast

Fred Delmare

as Alfred Kalabis

Jutta Hoffmann

as Katja Sommer

Jürgen Hentsch

as Fred Sommer

Leon Niemczyk

as Lorenz Reger