Im Spannungsfeld

Im Spannungsfeld

80 mins | Drama | Feb. 12, 1970

Electronic data processing is an absolute must in the Information Age. Karl Hoppe, the director of a large plant, is aware of this need for modernization and hires mathematician Dr. Jochen Bernhardt to install computerized systems which are supposed to calculate ways in which the plant could be run more effectively. Dr. Bernhardt is so focused on efficiency that he forgets about the human side of work, causing his girlfriend to leave him and several dissatisfied employees to quit their jobs.

Im Spannungsfeld

80 mins | Drama | Feb. 12, 1970

Im Spannungsfeld
Electronic data processing is an absolute must in the Information Age. Karl Hoppe, the director of a large plant, is aware of this need for modernization and hires mathematician Dr. Jochen Bernhardt to install computerized systems which are supposed to calculate ways in which the plant could be run more effectively. Dr. Bernhardt is so focused on efficiency that he forgets about the human side of work, causing his girlfriend to leave him and several dissatisfied employees to quit their jobs.
Producers DEFA
Original title Im Spannungsfeld
Directors Siegfried Kühn
Writers Siegfried Kühn, Helfried Schreiter, Wolfgang Ebeling

Cast

Ekkehard Schall

as Dr. Jochen Bernhardt

Manfred Zetzsche

as Karl Hoppe

Manfred Borges

as Schwerdtfeger

Günter Rüger

as Architekt

Karla Runkehl

as Parteisekretärin

Volkmar Kleinert

as Willy Wendrin

Agnes Kraus

as Serviererin