Ein brauchbarer Mann
1989, German. Directed by Hans-Werner Honert.
Young Uli Merkel is an engineer and inventor. He has a wife and child and is primarily interested in his career. One day, he receives a strange assignment from general manager Zeim. He is to track down the former chief designer Heiner Rudolf in order to take his inventions out of his pocket. Rudolf, ridiculed at the time for his forward-looking work, had taken all his documents with him when he left. Now they are needed to fulfill an important export order. In his search for Rudolf, Uli begins to realize that he, the boy, is being used. He finally finds Rudolf as a gravedigger on the island of Rügen. The encounter reinforces Uli's doubts about the moral integrity of his mission. He gets out and stays there, while Rudolf accepts an offer from the general manager.
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 18 October 1989
- Country
- Germany, East Germany
- Written by
- Helmut Grewald, Hans-Werner Honert
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Ein brauchbarer Mann runs 99 minutes (1h 39m).
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Who directed Ein brauchbarer Mann?
Ein brauchbarer Mann (1989) was directed by Hans-Werner Honert and stars Tobias Langhoff, Rolf Hoppe, Otto Mellies.