The Second Track (1962)
In this German drama, Brock, a railroad inspector, witnesses a robbery at a train depot. He recognizes the thief, but turning the man in would mean acknowledging he knows him, thus revealing his own complicity with the Nazi war machine. When Brock’s daughter and her boyfriend begin to question him about the incident, will the secret he’s kept for nearly 20 years finally be exposed?
Director: Joachim Kunert
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Albert Hetterle as Walter Brock |
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Annekathrin Bürger as Vera Brock |
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Horst Jonischkan as Frank |
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Walter Richter-Reinick as Erwin Runge |
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Helga Göring as Frau Runge |
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Trude Bechmann as Ältere Frau |
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Paul Berndt as Kriminalbeamter |
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Maria Besendahl as Bäckerin |
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Johanna Clas as Anneliese Merkel |
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Erik S. Klein as |
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Brigitte Lindenberg as |
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Walter E. Fuß as |
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Arno Wyzniewski as |
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Joachim Zschocke as |
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Klaus Gendries as |
| Directing | Joachim Kunert | Director |
| Writing | Joachim Kunert | Writer |
| Writing | Günter Kunert | Writer |
| Editing | Christel Röhl | Editor |
| Sound | Pavel Simai | Music |
| Camera | Rolf Sohre | Director of Photography |