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German Summary(Co-Produktion mit dem Deutschen Fernsehfunk)
Nach zwölf Jahren KZ-Haft kommt der "Rote Schuster" im Mai 1945 in sein Dorf zurück. Als neuer Bürgermeister nimmt er den Aufbau einer demokratischen Ordnung in Angriff. Er stößt auf den Widerstand alter Nazis, aber auch auf die Bereitschaft vieler, einen Neuanfang zu wagen. Gebhardt, ein Angestellter auf dem Hof des Großbauern und Kriegsverbrechers Winter, gehört zu letzteren. Er trägt schwer an seiner Schuld - auch weil er sich damals die Kate des Schusters angeeignet hat. Doch dieser vertraut ihm und überträgt ihm die Verwaltung des enteigneten Winter-Hofs. Gebhardts Sohn Georg, mit dem Winter-Hof-Sohn Arthur befreundet und noch immer im Geiste des Faschismus befangen, verachtet deshalb den Vater. Erst ein verbrecherischer Anschlag Arthurs bringt ihn zur Einsicht.
(Quelle: Das zweite Leben der Filmstadt Babelsberg. DEFA-Spielfilme 1946-1992)
English Summary(Co-production with the German Television Broadcasting)
After twelve years in a concentration camp, the "Red Shoemaker" returned to his village in May 1945. As the new mayor, he is tackling the construction of a democratic order. He meets the resistance of old Nazis, but also the willingness of many to dare a new beginning. Gebhardt, an employee on the farm of the big farmer and war criminal Winter, belongs to the latter. He bears the brunt of his guilt - also because he acquired the cottage of the shoemaker at that time. But he trusts him and entrusts him with the administration of the expropriated winter farm. Gebhardt's son Georg, a friend of Winterhof's son Arthur and still in the spirit of fascism, therefore despises his father. Only a criminal attack by Arthur brings him to his senses.
(Source: The Second Life of the Film City Babelsberg. DEFA feature films 1946-1992)
Original SummaryNel maggio del 1945, dopo dodici anni di detenzione in un campo di concentramento, il "calzolaio rosso" fa ritorno nel suo paese natale. Eletto sindaco si occupa subito di ristabilire un ordine democratico. Gli unici a opporre resistenza sono i vecchi nazisti e chi, come Gebhardt, non ha il coraggio di ricominciare. Quest'ultimo, poi, ha anche la colpa di essersi impossessato della capanna del calzolaio, mentre lui era detenuto. Ciononostante il calzolaio gli affida la gestione del podere dei Winter, che sono stati espropriati. Georg, il figlio di Gebhardt è amico di Arthur, figlio di Winter, e ancora preso dallo spirito fascista. Per questo disprezza suo padre. Solo dopo un attacco criminale contro Arthur il ragazzo aprirà gli occhi. (Italienisch)
Release Date1965-09-02
Shoot Year1965
ColorNo
DirectorLutz Köhlert
CameraRoland Gräf
EditorMonika Schindler (geb. Behrendt)
ComposerKarl-Ernst Sasse,
ActorsFred Delmare, Hans Hardt-Hardtloff, Karl Kendzia, Rudolf Ulrich, Renate Krößner, Marianne Wünscher, Katja Paryla, Helga Raumer, Katja Kuhl, Ellinor Vogel, Kaspar Eichel, Erwin Geschonneck, Lissy Tempelhof, Kurt Kachlicki, Gudrun Ritter
Country of Production (German)
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
