People with Wings

People with Wings

121 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 24, 1960

This film continues the story of radio operator Ludwig Bartuschek from “The Sailor’s Song”. Near the end of the Weimar Republic, Bartuschek (Erwin Geschonneck) is working as a mechanic in the Sperber airplane plant. Director Dehringer offers him the opportunity to train as an airplane constructor if he is willing to give up his communist beliefs under oath. Bartuschek will not allow himself to be bought and instead joins the underground resistance movement.

People with Wings

121 mins | Drama, War | Aug. 24, 1960

People with Wings
This film continues the story of radio operator Ludwig Bartuschek from “The Sailor’s Song”. Near the end of the Weimar Republic, Bartuschek (Erwin Geschonneck) is working as a mechanic in the Sperber airplane plant. Director Dehringer offers him the opportunity to train as an airplane constructor if he is willing to give up his communist beliefs under oath. Bartuschek will not allow himself to be bought and instead joins the underground resistance movement.
Producers DEFA
Original title Leute mit Flügeln
Directors Konrad Wolf
Writers Karl-Georg Egel, Paul Wiens

Cast

Erwin Geschonneck

as Bartuscheck

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

as Dr. Lampert

Hilmar Thate

as Henne

Franz Kutschera

as Dr. Dehringer

Otto Dierichs

as Dr. Klinger

Fred Mahr

as Friedrich

Mathilde Danegger

as Mutter Friedrich

Brigitte Krause

as Betty Bartuscheck