People with Wings (1960)
This film continues the story of radio operator Ludwig Bartuschek from “The Sailor’s Song”. Near the end of the Weimar Republic, Bartuschek (Erwin Geschonneck) is working as a mechanic in the Sperber airplane plant. Director Dehringer offers him the opportunity to train as an airplane constructor if he is willing to give up his communist beliefs under oath. Bartuschek will not allow himself to be bought and instead joins the underground resistance movement.
Director:
Konrad Wolf
Writers:
Karl Georg Egel, Paul Wiens.
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Erwin Geschonneck as Bartuscheck |
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Wilhelm Koch-Hooge as Dr. Lampert |
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Hilmar Thate as Henne |
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Franz Kutschera as Dr. Dehringer |
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Rosita Fernandez as Ines |
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Otto Dierichs as Dr. Klinger |
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Fred Mahr as Friedrich |
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Mathilde Danegger as Mutter Friedrich |
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Brigitte Krause as Betty Bartuscheck |
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Friedrich Teitge as |
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Sabine Thalbach as |
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Erik S. Klein as |
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Albert Hetterle as |
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Gert Andreae as |
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Jochen Diestelmann as |
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Hannjo Hasse as |
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Dietrich Körner as |
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Manfred Krug as |
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Willi Neuenhahn as |
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Gerhard Vogt as |
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Otto Krone as |
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Horst Koch as |
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Doris Thalmer as |
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William Gade as |
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Erich Brauer as |
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Wilhelm Burmeier as |
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Norbert Christian as |
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Hans Flössel as |
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Paul Funk as |
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Wolfgang Kalweit as |
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Else Korén as |
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Hans Ulrich Laufer as Zweiter Condor-Unteroffizier |
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Betty Loewen as |
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Frank Michelis as |
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Werner Senftleben as |
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Karl-Heinz Weiss as |
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Albert Zahn as |
| Camera | Werner Bergmann | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Konrad Wolf | Director |
| Writing | Karl Georg Egel | Screenplay |
| Writing | Paul Wiens | Screenplay |
| Sound | Hans-Dieter Hosalla | Music |
| Editing | Christa Wernicke | Editor |