The Second Track (1962)

6.7/10 80 min Crime Drama

Overview

In this German drama, Brock, a railroad inspector, witnesses a robbery at a train depot. He recognizes the thief, but turning the man in would mean acknowledging he knows him, thus revealing his own complicity with the Nazi war machine. When Brock’s daughter and her boyfriend begin to question him about the incident, will the secret he’s kept for nearly 20 years finally be exposed?

Cast

Albert Hetterle

Walter Brock

Annekathrin Bürger

Vera Brock

Horst Jonischkan

Frank

Walter Richter-Reinick

Erwin Runge

Helga Göring

Frau Runge

Trude Bechmann

Ältere Frau

Paul Berndt

Kriminalbeamter

Maria Besendahl

Bäckerin

Johanna Clas

Anneliese Merkel

Erik S. Klein

Arno Wyzniewski

Joachim Zschocke

Klaus Gendries

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