The Second Track

The Second Track

80 mins | Drama, Crime | Oct. 26, 1962

In this German drama, Brock, a railroad inspector, witnesses a robbery at a train depot. He recognizes the thief, but turning the man in would mean acknowledging he knows him, thus revealing his own complicity with the Nazi war machine. When Brock’s daughter and her boyfriend begin to question him about the incident, will the secret he’s kept for nearly 20 years finally be exposed?

The Second Track

80 mins | Drama, Crime | Oct. 26, 1962

The Second Track
In this German drama, Brock, a railroad inspector, witnesses a robbery at a train depot. He recognizes the thief, but turning the man in would mean acknowledging he knows him, thus revealing his own complicity with the Nazi war machine. When Brock’s daughter and her boyfriend begin to question him about the incident, will the secret he’s kept for nearly 20 years finally be exposed?
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers DEFA
Original title Das zweite Gleis
Directors Joachim Kunert
Writers Günter Kunert, Joachim Kunert

Cast

Albert Hetterle

as Walter Brock

Annekathrin Bürger

as Vera Brock

Horst Jonischkan

as Frank

Walter Richter-Reinick

as Erwin Runge

Helga Göring

as Frau Runge

Trude Bechmann

as Ältere Frau

Paul Berndt

as Kriminalbeamter

Maria Besendahl

as Bäckerin

Johanna Clas

as Anneliese Merkel