Der Lude (1984)
Berlin in the early 1930s. Bello is an unemployed young man who loves the underage Frieda. In order to earn a living for both of them, Frieda goes on the streets. An inspector from the political department takes advantage of this to blackmail Bello into providing informer services. But that's not all. A jealousy murder among pimps, whose victim is a high-ranking Nazi, is blamed on the Communists, and Bello is supposed to be the key witness. He refuses. When the Nazis come to power, they reopen the case to turn the murdered man into a martyr. Bello still refuses. He now believes he is safe because Frieda is now of age. But he pays for his refusal with his life.
Director: Horst E. Brandt
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Peer-Uwe Teska as |
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Michèle Marian as Frieda |
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Franziska Troegner as Klara |
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Michael Pan as Sally Epstein |
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Dieter Montag as Eberhard Tann |
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Manfred Gorr as |
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Martin Trettau as |
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Erwin Berner as Horst Wessel |
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Walter Jäckel as |
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Rudolf Ulrich as |
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Karin Düwel as Erna Jänichen |
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Joachim Pape as Älterer Genosse |
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Carl Heinz Choynski as |
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Wolfgang Ebeling as |
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Marita Gerasch as |
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Jürgen Huth as |
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Victor Keune as |
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Klaus-Dieter Klebsch as |
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Roland Kuchenbuch as |
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Gerhard Lau as |
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Herbert Manz as |
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Katharina Rothärmel as |
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Hans Jochen Röhrig as |
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Ernst-Georg Schwill as |
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Joachim Schönitz as |
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Lothar Tarelkin as |
| Camera | Hans-Jürgen Kruse | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Horst E. Brandt | Director |
| Sound | Walter Kubiczeck | Music |
| Writing | Claus Küchenmeister | Writer |
| Editing | Karin Kusche | Editor |
| Writing | Wera Küchenmeister | Writer |
| Writing | Horst E. Brandt | Writer |