Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow

Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow worked for the railways his entire working life He took up service at the small station of Luege 34 years ago Now the line is to be electrified and Platow who cannot cope with the new technology has to work on a secondary local line Georg his son a railway worker as well is to attend a training course but Georg refuses to go Then his father comes to a surprising and highly unusual decision He pretends to be Georg Platow making himself twenty years younger than he really is and registers for the course