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German SummaryDer junge Uli Merkel ist Ingenieur und Erfinder. Er hat Frau und Kind und ist vor allem an seiner Karriere interessiert. Eines Tages bekommt er vom Generaldirektor Zeim einen merkwürdigen Auftrag. Er soll den ehemaligen Chefkonstrukteur Heiner Rudolf ausfindig machen, um ihm seine Erfindungen aus der Tasche zu ziehen. Rudolf ob seiner weit in die Zukunft weisenden Arbeiten seinerzeit verlacht, hatte bei seinem Weggang alle Unterlagen mitgenommen. Nun braucht man sie, um einen wichtigen Exportauftrag erfüllen zu können. Auf seiner Suche nach Rudolf beginnt Uli zu begreifen, daß man ihn, den Jungen benutzt. Er findet Rudolf schließlich als Totengräber auf Rügen. Bei der Begegnung verstärken sich Ulis Zweifel an der moralischen Integrität seiner Mission. Er steigt aus und bleibt dort, während Rudolf ein Angebot des Generaldirektors annimmt.
(Quelle: Das zweite Leben der Filmstadt Babelsberg. DEFA-Spielfilme 1946-1992)
English SummaryThe young Uli Merkel is an engineer and inventor. He has a wife and child and is particularly interested in his career. One day he gets a strange assignment from General Director Zeim. He is to find the former chief designer Heiner Rudolf in order to get his inventions out of his pocket. Rudolf had laughed at his work, which pointed far into the future, and had taken all documents with him when he left. Now you need them in order to be able to fulfil an important export order. In his search for Rudolf, Uli begins to understand that he, the boy, is being used. He finally finds Rudolf as a gravedigger on Rügen. During the encounter, Uli's doubts about the moral integrity of his mission are reinforced. He gets out and stays there, while Rudolf accepts an offer from the CEO.
(Source: The Second Life of the Film City Babelsberg. DEFA feature films 1946-1992)
Original SummaryUli Merkel, un giovane ingegnere e inventore, vive solo per il suo lavoro. Un giorno il direttore generale Zeim gli chiede di mettersi sulle tracce di Heinar Rudolf, ex capo progettista, allontanato e deriso per le sue visioni considerate un tempo troppo futuriste, ma oggi necessarie per soddisfare un importante incarico. All ricerca dell'ingegner Rudolf, Uli, sentendosi sfruttato, inizia a dubitare dell'integrità morale della sua missione. Lo ritroverà sull'isola di Rügen, dove deciderà di fermarsi, mentre Rudolf accetterà l'offerta del direttore generale. (Italienisch)
Release Date1989-10-19
Shoot Year1988
ColorYes
DirectorHans-Werner Honert
CameraHelmut Grewald
EditorBrigitte Koppe
ComposerJürgen Wilbrandt,
ActorsHorst Rehberg, Rolf Hoppe, Horst Weinheimer, Peter Bause, Jörg Simonides, Karin Ugowski, Lore Tappe, Fred Delmare, Anne Kasprzik, Kirsten Block, Wolf-Dieter Lingk, Susanne Böwe, Otto Mellies, Thomas Rühmann, Tobias Langhoff, Helga Gunkel
Country of Production (German)
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
German Tags // Tags Gegenwartsfilm // contemporary film
