Bankett für Achilles (1975)
For thirty years, Karl Achilles has been working at the chemical collective in Bitterfeld. But now his last day as a master at the plant has come. He is about to retire; even if Karl, who finds ending his working life difficult, wanted to stay on, it would not be possible. Karl’s colleagues have arranged a farewell dinner for the retiring master at an outdoor restaurant. But on his last day of work, before the farewell dinner, he meets all sorts of people: both colleagues and people, who do not work at the plant. A mosaic of the biography of a person who found fulfilment in his work and now has to look for the meaning of his life anew.
Director: Roland Gräf
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Erwin Geschonneck as Achilles |
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Jutta Wachowiak as Ursel |
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Fred Delmare as Kanarienvogel |
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Wolfgang Winkler as Baumann |
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Hermann Beyer as Dr. Huhn |
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Elsa Grube-Deister as Marga |
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Gert Gütschow as Walura |
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Ute Lubosch as Beate |
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Carl Heinz Choynski as Bahre |
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Dieter Franke as Herr Bäuerlein |
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Christa Löser as Frau Röder |
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Horst Lebinsky as |
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Fred-Arthur Geppert as |
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Erich Petraschk as |
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Carmen-Maja Antoni as |
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Gudrun Ritter as Frau Bäuerlein |
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Günter Rüger as |
| Directing | Roland Gräf | Director |
| Writing | Martin Stephan | Writer |
| Crew | Jürgen Lenz | Cinematography |
| Editing | Monika Schindler | Editor |
| Sound | Gerhard Rosenfeld | Music |