The Second Track
7.3
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?
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Cast
19 people
Albert Hetterle
Walter Brock
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Annekathrin Bürger
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Erwin Runge
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Helga Göring
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Trude Bechmann
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Paul Berndt
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Maria Besendahl
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Johanna Clas
Anneliese Merkel
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Erik S. Klein
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Brigitte Lindenberg
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Joachim Kunert Director · Günter Kunert Writer Pavel Simai Composer
First release October 26, 1962 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Germany
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Original title
Das zweite Gleis
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · October 26, 1962
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
December 6, 1963 · Theatrical
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