The Second Life of F.W.G. Platow
1973, German. Directed by Siegfried Kühn.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Siegfried KühnDirector
- Fritz MarquardtPlatow
- Rolf HoppeDr.Hoppe
- Barbara AdolphRennmarks Sekretärin
- Fred DelmarePlatows Vater
- Winfried GlatzederClown
- Trude Bechmannalte Frau
- Hermann BeyerZolle
- Gisela HessMalvine
- Jürgen HoltzDieter Schildt
- Carmen-Maja AntoniKellnerin
- Hilmar BaumannFriedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow (jung)
- Margit BendokatMädchen mit Tasse
Details
- Released
- 31 May 1973
- Original title
- Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow
- Country
- East Germany
- Written by
- Siegfried Kühn, Helmut Baierl
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The Second Life of F.W.G. Platow (1973) was directed by Siegfried Kühn and stars Fritz Marquardt, Rolf Hoppe, Barbara Adolph.