Der Trinker
First aired on Dec 6, 1995
Runtime: 99mins
70%Genres: Drama, TV Movie
Hans Fallada tells in his published after the war novel "The drinker" the story of the agricultural wholesaler Erwin Sommer, who flees from his narrow bourgeois relations under the burdens of the new times in the kingdom of the king alcohol, whose liberty and independence promises prove a lie - the only truth of the alcohol. On behalf of the WDR television play Ulrich Plenzdorf has adapted Fallada's 1944/45 novel for a film adaptation by Tom Toelle with Harald Juhnke in the main role of Erwin Sommer.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Harald Juhnke | Erwin Sommer
Jutta Wachowiak | Magda Sommer
Deborah Kaufmann | Elinor
Eberhard Esche | Dr. Mansfeld
Christian Grashof | Lobedanz
Dietrich Körner | Dr. Stiebing
Featured Crew
Tom Toelle | Director
Martin Wiebel | Producer
Hans Fallada | Novel
Ulrich Plenzdorf | Writer
Tom Toelle | Writer
Götz Heymann | Production Design
