The Brigade-Leader’s Hat (1986)
Young construction worker Ralf Reider leaves his home village Katzsprung in the Rhön mountains during the "Berlin Initiative". In the capital, he wants to earn enough money in construction to build his own house for his wife and his child. But Ralf is an unconventional character who soon becomes an outsider because of his behaviour.
Director: Horst E. Brandt
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Roman Kaminski as Ralf Reider |
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Peter Sodann as Fritz Siegert |
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Reiner Heise as Manne Herford, genannt Maus |
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Hans-Uwe Bauer as Matzke |
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Albert Hetterle as Bauleiter Ronnseil |
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Wolfgang Winkler as Meister Kosenkamp |
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Manfred Gorr as Sekretär der APO-Leitung |
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Arianne Borbach as Charlie |
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Lutz Riemann as Brigadier Eisenbacke |
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Hildegard Alex as Frau Siegert |
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Ulrike Krumbiegel as Heide Reider |
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Helga Göring as Heides Mutter |
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Günter Rüger as Straßenfeger |
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Manuel Soubeyrand as |
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Joachim Unger as |
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André Hiller as |
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Hans-Otto Reintsch as |
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Ernst-Georg Schwill as |
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Rudolf Ulrich as |
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Gerd Blahuschek as |
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Joachim Nimtz as |
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Diana Urbank as |
| Camera | Hans-Jürgen Kruse | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Horst E. Brandt | Director |
| Writing | Manfred Richter | Writer |
| Sound | Walter Kubiczeck | Music |
| Writing | Horst E. Brandt | Writer |
| Editing | Karin Kusche | Editor |