People with Wings (1960)
Overview
This film continues the story of radio operator Ludwig Bartuschek from “The Sailor’s Song”. Near the end of the Weimar Republic, Bartuschek (Erwin Geschonneck) is working as a mechanic in the Sperber airplane plant. Director Dehringer offers him the opportunity to train as an airplane constructor if he is willing to give up his communist beliefs under oath. Bartuschek will not allow himself to be bought and instead joins the underground resistance movement.
Cast
Erwin Geschonneck
Bartuscheck
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Dr. Lampert
Hilmar Thate
Henne
Franz Kutschera
Dr. Dehringer
Fred Mahr
Friedrich
Mathilde Danegger
Mutter Friedrich
Brigitte Krause
Betty Bartuscheck
Sabine Thalbach
Erik S. Klein
Albert Hetterle
Jochen Diestelmann
Hannjo Hasse
Dietrich Körner
Manfred Krug
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