The Second Track (1962)
Das zweite Gleis
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?
- Date of release
- 1962-10-26
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Joachim Kunert
Casting
- Albert Hetterle — Walter Brock
- Annekathrin Bürger — Vera Brock
- Horst Jonischkan — Frank
- Walter Richter-Reinick — Erwin Runge
- Helga Göring — Frau Runge
- Trude Bechmann — Ältere Frau
- Paul Berndt — Kriminalbeamter
- Maria Besendahl — Bäckerin
- Johanna Clas — Anneliese Merkel
- Erik S. Klein
- Brigitte Lindenberg
- Walter E. Fuß
Interesting facts
The Second Track is a 1962 East German drama film directed by Joachim Kunert. It is the only DEFA film looking at the Nazi Germany history in East Germany.
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