Das kleine und das große Glück
Schwalk, the new shaft foreman of a road construction brigade, is a go-getter and used to success - both at work and with women. But this time things don't go so smoothly. Although he initially has an easy time with the brigadier Erika, who falls in love with him, things come to a head at work. His ambition to win a competition causes him to slip up during road construction. Erika is outraged by his selfish behavior and suspects that he is just looking for an erotic adventure with her. She turns her back on him. However, Schalk recognizes his mistakes and does everything he can to make up for the damage - to the building site and to Erika. The road is handed over on schedule.
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Cast
32 people
Susanne Düllmann
Erika Brandt
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Zahn um Zahn
Destinies of Women
Wilfried Ortmann
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Ware für Katalonien
Mit List und Krücke
Bruno Atlas-Eising
Martin Hellberg
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Lotte in Weimar
Paul Wiens
Werner Bergmann
Hans-Joachim Büttner
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Gold
A Door Opens
Ilse Bastubbe
Marianne Karras
Hans Wehrl
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Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
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Helmut Bautzmann
Fritz Steinmann
Martin Hellberg Director · Paul Wiens Writer Werner Bergmann Cinematographer
First release November 13, 1953 · Produced in XG · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
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XG
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
XG · November 13, 1953
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
December 27, 1953 · TV
Russia
July 12, 1954
Russia
July 12, 1954 · Theatrical
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