Ein Mann und sein Schatten

At a farm-equipment plant, production lags at 89 % and a new, untested combine proves a “failure” in the fields. A promising redesign exists, crafted by a transplanted West German engineer, but he’s mistrusted. Meanwhile, workers and the Party secretary blame plant director Berendonck’s poor leadership. As harvest season looms, personnel upheaval and swift action are needed to install the reliable new machine and get production back on track.

Fritz Diez

Erich Mirek

Werner Schulz-Wittan

Hilmar Thate

Kurt Böwe

Marita Böhme

Ruth Kommerell

Dieter Franke

Rudolf Ulrich

Hans-Joachim Hanisch

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

Nico Turoff

Albert Zahn

• Gerhard RespondekWriter · Director
• Fritz SelbmannStory
• Erwin AndersDirector of Photography
• Barbara LehmannEditor

Release date

May 21, 1963

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

52m

Genres

Drama