Verspielte Heimat

Overview

The deputy editor-in-chief of an SPD newspaper in West Germany, Karl Waldner, recognizes the former Henlein leader Meißner, who is guilty of the murder of his father, at a meeting of Sudeten Germans. He wants to open the case and hand Meißner over to the courts. But he encounters resistance, even in the SPD, whose right-wing leaders do not want any conflict with the CDU, in which Meißner has an influential position. Waldner, who has been in the party for thirty years, has to rethink his own position. Discussions with his childhood friend Sepp Lukas and memories of their joint attempts to unite the Young Communists and Young Socialists against the Henlein Youth help him to do so. He realized where the failure of social democracy had already led back then.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 18, 1971

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

DEFA

Cast

Lutz Erdmann,Peter Borgelt,Horst Preusker,Helmut Gauß,Piotr Pawłowski,Brigitte Beier,Werner Godemann,Martin Trettau,Hans Teuscher,Wanda Koczeskaand 3 more

Director

Claus Dobberke

Writer

Gert Billing,Wolfgang Ebeling

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0371375