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Bahnwärter Thiel

19821.5 / 1073 min

Drama

Overview

The film tells the tragic fate of railroad guard Thiel at the end of the 19th century. Thiel, who spends his days in the dull, monotonous fulfillment of his duties, has lost his gentle, quiet wife Minna. He remarries out of concern for his young son Tobias. His second wife Lene, with whom he also has a child, is superior to him in vitality and has a rough passion. He discovers that his child from his first marriage is being discriminated against and tormented by her - Thiel withdraws more and more into himself and becomes lonely. When Tobias is killed in an accident, he blames Lene, and disaster is inevitable...

Cast

Martin Trettau

Bahnwärter Thiel

Walfriede Schmitt

Lene

Blanche Kommerell

Minna

Rolf Hoppe

Pfarrer

Willi Schrade

Zugführer

Walter Lendrich

Bahnwärter

Walter Niklaus

Narrator (voice)

Joachim Pape

Andreas Albert

Gerd Staiger

Roland Kuchenbuch

Roman-Eckhard Galonska

Willi Neuenhahn

Horst Papke

Werner Pfeifer

Crew

Klaus Jörn

Screenplay

Horst Hardt

Director of Photography

Hans-Joachim Kasprzik

Director

Karl-Ernst Sasse

Music

Ursula Rudzki

Editor

Herbert Gebuhr

Props

Gerhard Helwig

Production Design

Hans-Joachim Kreinbrink

Sound

Waltraud Becker

Makeup Artist

Ruth Kiecker

Assistant Costume Designer

Klaus-Dieter Pohle

Property Master

Hans Linke

Costume Design

Heinz Walter

Production Manager

Klaus Becker

Makeup Artist

Christfried Sobczyk

Sound Mixer

Gerhart Hauptmann

Short Story

Hans-Joachim Kasprzik

Screenplay