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Der Trinker

Der Trinker

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Hans Fallada tells in his published after the war novel "The drinker" the story of the agricultural wholesaler Erwin Sommer, who flees from his narrow bourgeois relations under the burdens of the new times in the kingdom of the king alcohol, whose liberty and independence promises prove a lie - the only truth of the alcohol. On behalf of the WDR television play Ulrich Plenzdorf has adapted Fallada's 1944/45 novel for a film adaptation by Tom Toelle with Harald Juhnke in the main role of Erwin Sommer.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

7.4/10

Release Date

06 December 1995

Country

Austria

Cast

Harald Juhnke

Harald Juhnke

Erwin Sommer

Jutta Wachowiak

Jutta Wachowiak

Magda Sommer

Deborah Kaufmann

Deborah Kaufmann

Elinor

Eberhard Esche

Eberhard Esche

Dr. Mansfeld

Christian Grashof

Christian Grashof

Lobedanz

Dietrich Körner

Dietrich Körner

Dr. Stiebing

Thomas Neumann

Thomas Neumann

Patient

Mey Lan Chao

Mey Lan Chao

Else

Veit Schubert

Veit Schubert

Dietmar Huhn

Dietmar Huhn

Raidar Müller-Elmau

Raidar Müller-Elmau

Stefan Parschauer

Stefan Parschauer

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