George
6.7
114 minutes
6/21/2013
Overview
The last years of Heinrich George's life are reconstructed with documentary footage and play scenes. His son Götz, named after Heinrich's favorite role of the peasant war hero from Goethe's play "Götz von Berlichingen", plays scenes from his father's life and allows his enormous creative power to shine through. Nothing is left out, nothing glossed over in this story of a man with many facets. Götz George, one of Germany's best-known actors, is at the center of this homage, which is also a reappraisal of the contradictions in his father's life. As the only follower from the acting profession, Heinrich George had to pay with his life. He was not officially rehabilitated until 1998.
Cast List
Götz George
as Heinrich George / Himself
Muriel Baumeister
as Berta Drews
Samuel Finzi
as Oberleutnant Bibler
Martin Wuttke
as Joseph Goebbels
Burghart Klaußner
as Helmut Maurer
Leonie Benesch
as Margot Hanke
Thomas Thieme
as Paul Wegener
Hanns Zischler
as Max Beckmann
Charlotte Albrecht
as Prinzessin Natalie
Marcel Batangtaris
as Will Quadflieg
Karl Knaup
as Robert Müller
Rike Schmid
as Anneliese Uhlig
Rolf Kanies
as Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Monika Gossmann
as Maria
Robert Dölle
as Erich Konstantin
Thomas Kügel
as Wilhelm Fraenger
Laurence Gothe
as Jan George
Luis Kain
as Götz George
Matthias Bundschuh
as Günter Weisenborn
Jan George
as Himself
Anneliese Uhlig
as Herself
Christian Weisenborn
as Himself
Annette Wegener
as Herself
Silvia Gronostay
as Herself
Horst Jänichen
as Himself
Dora Pawlowski
as Herself
Giwi Margwelaschwili
as Himself
Heinz Fitzner
as Himself
Wladimir Gall
as Himself
Alexander Wolf
as Major Sternberg
Marco Ammer
as Horst Caspar
Earl Vincent Sherwood II
as US Soldier
Franziska Breite
as Maid
Waléra Kanischtscheff
as Russian Soldier
Thomas Kornmann
as Walter Felsenstein
Stefan Müller-Doriat
as Georg
Marco Noack
as Gestapo-Man
Paul Schlase
as Prisoner
Nils Schulz
as German
Yevgeni Sitokhin
as Schmyrjow
Martina Ysker
as Secretary