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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.
Director
Producers
Siegfried Kabitzke, Dieter Dormeier
Studio
DEFA
Original Title
Karriere
Original Language
German
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →R
Rüdiger Joswig
Harald Walcher
K
Katja Paryla
Frau Walcher
B
Brigitte Krause
Mutter Walcher
J
Jürgen Hentsch
Direktor Stahlberg
U
Ute Christensen
Junges Mädchen
G
Günter Schubert
1. Gast
H
Horst Hiemer
R
Rolf Ludwig
G
Gerd Micheel
V
Viktor Perevalov
Igor (archive footage)
V
Vsevolod Safonov
Golubkow (archive footage)
H
Hermann Stövesand
R
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
K
Kurt-Georg Kiesinger
Self (archive footage)