The Soft Course
1967, German. Directed by Haro Senft.
Bernhard works as a warehouse clerk in Munich. After being sentenced to probation for a physical altercation with a right-wing extremist, he could no longer continue his engineering studies. Bernhard meets Johanna. She comes from a well-to-do family; her father is a real-estate developer and her brother is in the diplomatic service. Bernhard wants to share his roots with her, so the two go to Prague, where he lived until the end of the war. But her father disapproves of the trip to the Eastern bloc. When Bernhard finds out that he owes his chance to develop new technology, which led to his career advancement, to his girlfriend’s father, he is upset …
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 25 May 1967
- Original title
- Der sanfte Lauf
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Hans Noever, Haro Senft
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The Soft Course runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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The Soft Course isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 May 1967. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Soft Course?
The Soft Course (1967) was directed by Haro Senft and stars Bruno Ganz, Verena Buss, Wolfgang Büttner.