Günter Walcher, 40-years-old, is a hardworking, apolitical West German businessman caught in a moral conflict. He is offered a promotion to become the head of a division—on the condition that he find a reason to fire Zacharias, a communist and the work council chairman.
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Rüdiger Joswig
Harald Walcher
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Katja Paryla
Frau Walcher
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Brigitte Krause
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Jürgen Hentsch
Direktor Stahlberg
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Ute Christensen
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Günter Schubert
1. Gast
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Joachim Trotz
Narrator
Horst Hiemer
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Gert Krause-Melzer
Günter Walcher (archive footage)
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Rolf Ludwig
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Stein
Dorothea Meissner
Christine (archive footage)
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Gerd Micheel
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Heiner Carow Director · Claus Küchenmeister Writer Hermann Herlinghaus Writer
First release April 15, 1971 · Produced in XG · Original title Karriere
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
XG
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Original title
Karriere
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · April 15, 1971
Theatrical · Kino International, Berlin
No release date listed for United States.
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