90 minutes
5/31/1973
Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow worked for the railways his entire working life. He took up service at the small station of Luege 34 years ago. Now, the line is to be electrified and Platow, who cannot cope with the new technology, has to work on a secondary local line. Georg, his son, a railway worker as well, is to attend a training course, but Georg refuses to go. Then his father comes to a surprising and highly unusual decision. He pretends to be Georg Platow, making himself twenty years younger than he really is and registers for the course.
Fritz Marquardt
as Platow
Rolf Hoppe
as Dr.Hoppe
Barbara Adolph
as Rennmarks Sekretärin
Fred Delmare
as Platows Vater
Winfried Glatzeder
as Clown
Trude Bechmann
as alte Frau
Hermann Beyer
as Zolle
Gisela Hess
as Malvine
Jürgen Holtz
as Dieter Schildt
Carmen-Maja Antoni
as Kellnerin
Hilmar Baumann
as Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow (jung)
Margit Bendokat
as Mädchen mit Tasse
Eberhard Esche
as Schauspieler
Lothar Warneke
as Platows Sohn
Wolfgang Pampel
as Wetzel
Gudrun Ritter
as Platows Schwiegertochter
Wolfgang Winkler
as Dritter Ingenieur
Volkmar Kleinert
as Ditfurt
Dieter Franke
as Rennmark
Fritz Links
as Böwe
Günter Margo
as Schwarzberockter
Siegfried Weiß
as Dollwitz
Klaus Piontek
as Justus
Mikhail Gluzskiy
as Korporal
Ruth Glöss
as Blinksiegel
Hans-Joachim Hanisch
as Gutsbesitzer
Horst Hiemer
as Kriegsinvalide
Heide Kipp
as Hotelangestellte
Willi Neuenhahn
as Riese
Wolf Sabo
as Lord-Ober
Werner Toelcke
as Reporter
Axel Triebel
as Glatzkopf
Harald Warmbrunn
as Autofahrer
Johannes Wieke
as Eisenbahnaufpasser
Helmut Schreiber
as Zirkusdirektor
Willi Schrade
as 2. Ingenieur