The Banner of Kryvyi Rih

The Banner of Kryvyi Rih (1967)

Drama

In an act of friendship and solidarity between two mining towns in 1929, the locals of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, give their flag as a gift to the locals of Bergstedt, Germany in this GDR propaganda film. This quickly takes on a symbolic meaning for the miners in Bergstedt as the Nazi party demands that this Soviet gesture be erased and the flag be replaced with their own. The miner and communist party functionary Otto Brosowski publicly declares it his duty to defend this flag against every danger, and he keeps his promise despite his family being threatened by torment and torture.

Director: Kurt Maetzig

Casts

	Erwin Geschonneck as Otto Brosowski Senior
	Marga Legal as Minna Brosowski
	Harry Hindemith as Bürgermeister Zonkel
	Fred-Arthur Geppert as Rüdiger
	Eva-Maria Hagen as Elfriede
	Manfred Krug as Jule Hammer
	Jochen Thomas as Bode
	Frank Panzer as Walter mit 12 Jahren
	Kaspar Eichel as Walter
	Angela Brunner as Frau Bienert
	Willi Neuenhahn as Mellendorf
	Martin Flörchinger as Pfarrer
	Alfred Müller as Direktor Niedermeyer
	Rolf Ripperger as Bubi von Alvensleben
	Walter Lendrich as Küster
	Dieter Wien as Lehrer Peters
	Rudolf Ulrich as Bienert
	Horst Kube as Fahrsteiger Bartel
	Horst Giese as Spitzel
	Walter Kaufmann as Leutnant Stone
	Harald Hauser as Stadtkommandant Wright
	Perry Friedman as Amerikanischer Offizier
	Horst Schäfer as Dolmetscher
	Fred Delmare as Genosse mit Fahrrad
	Edwin Marian as Vertreter der polnischen Zwangsarbeiter
	Erik Veldre as Junger Arbeiter
	Helmut Schellhardt as
	Ilse Voigt as
	Horst Ruprecht as

Crew