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The Second Track 1962 Directed by Joachim Kunert Das zweite Gleis

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?

Country Germany
Production Countries East Germany , Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Gneres Crime , Drama
Production Company DEFA
Release Date 26 October 1962
80 mins
Cast
Albert Hetterle
Albert Hetterle Walter Brock
Annekathrin Bürger
Annekathrin Bürger Vera Brock
Horst Jonischkan
Horst Jonischkan Frank
Walter Richter-Reinick
Walter Richter-Reinick Erwin Runge
Helga Göring
Helga Göring Frau Runge
Trude Bechmann
Trude Bechmann Ältere Frau
Paul Berndt
Paul Berndt Kriminalbeamter
Maria Besendahl
Maria Besendahl Bäckerin
Johanna Clas
Johanna Clas Anneliese Merkel
Erik S. Klein
Erik S. Klein
Brigitte Lindenberg
Brigitte Lindenberg
Walter E. Fuß
Walter E. Fuß
Arno Wyzniewski
Arno Wyzniewski
Joachim Zschocke
Joachim Zschocke
Klaus Gendries
Klaus Gendries
Crew
Director
Joachim Kunert
Joachim Kunert
Writers
Joachim Kunert
Joachim Kunert
Günter Kunert
Günter Kunert
Cinematography
Rolf Sohre
Rolf Sohre
Editor
Christel Röhl
Christel Röhl
Music
Pavel Simai
Pavel Simai