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Secrets of the City

Secrets of the City

Genres

Drama

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An industrial plant gets into difficulties. The factory owner then decides to sell the company and makes all the employees redundant. How do the dismissed employees deal with the new situation?

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

88 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

04 January 1955

Country

Germany

Cast

Annemarie Düringer

Annemarie Düringer

Annie Lauer

Margot Trooger

Margot Trooger

Paula

Paul Hörbiger

Paul Hörbiger

Herbert Klein

Eva Ingeborg Scholz

Eva Ingeborg Scholz

Christl Lauer

Bruni Löbel

Bruni Löbel

Susi Ecker

Adrian Hoven

Adrian Hoven

Gerhard Scholz

Grethe Weiser

Grethe Weiser

Frieda Binder

Karl Ludwig Diehl

Karl Ludwig Diehl

Prof. Siebrecht

Georg Thomalla

Georg Thomalla

Paul Martinek

Lucie Mannheim

Lucie Mannheim

Karina

Werner Fuetterer

Werner Fuetterer

Dr. Gunther

Charles Regnier

Charles Regnier

Morton

Walther Suessenguth

Walther Suessenguth

Böhnke

Erich Schellow

Erich Schellow

Rudolf Thomas, Engineer

Wilfried Seyferth

Wilfried Seyferth

Stranger

Susi Nicoletti

Susi Nicoletti

Karl Schönböck

Karl Schönböck

Carl-Heinz Schroth

Carl-Heinz Schroth

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