Career
1971, German. Directed by Heiner Carow.
Günter Walcher, 40-years-old, is a hardworking, apolitical West German businessman caught in a moral conflict. He is offered a promotion to become the head of a division—on the condition that he find a reason to fire Zacharias, a communist and the work council chairman.
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Heiner CarowDirector
- Rüdiger JoswigHarald Walcher
- Katja ParylaFrau Walcher
- Brigitte KrauseMutter Walcher
- Jürgen HentschDirektor Stahlberg
- Ute ChristensenJunges Mädchen
- Günter Schubert1. Gast
- Joachim TrotzNarrator
- Horst HiemerCast
- Gert Krause-MelzerGünter Walcher (archive footage)
- Rolf LudwigCast
- Dorothea MeissnerChristine (archive footage)
- Gerd MicheelCast
Details
- Released
- 15 April 1971
- Original title
- Karriere
- Country
- East Germany
- Written by
- Heiner Carow, Hermann Herlinghaus, Claus Küchenmeister
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Career runs 82 minutes (1h 22m).
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Career isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can watch it free online. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Career?
Career (1971) was directed by Heiner Carow and stars Rüdiger Joswig, Katja Paryla, Brigitte Krause.