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Spur der Steine

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Building construction foreman Hannes Balla - hulky and throwing around his weight - is king of the large buildingsite "Schkona". He is held in high esteem by especially his unit's men because he makes sure their pay and bonuses are paid out correctly. Things stop running so smoothly once Kati Klee, a young technician, and Werner Horrath, the new Party Secretary, arrive on the building-site. Hannes' unassailability and his reputation are at stake now because Horrath has a lot going for himself and is quite a match for Hannes. And Kati forces Hannes to lift his go-getter mask somewhat to reveal a bit of his true nature. Balla falls in love with Kati. But Horrath loves the young technician as well, despite being devoted to his wife and children waiting for him in Rostock. He cannot make up his mind and entangles himself in lies, pretending to himself he is doing this for the sake of his work. But he pays a high price for lying. This triangular relationship - among Kati, Werner and Hannes - which initially benefitted their work because it inspired Balla to take on new tasks and views, is destroyed. (Source: Progress Film-Verleih)

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Decade
1960
Production Year
1966
Shoot Year
1966
Air Date
1966-07-01
Country of Production
Germany (East)
City
Café Moskau, Berlin; Wittenberg-Piesteritz; Leuna II; Coswig; Coswig Town Hall (fountain scene); Schwedt
Film Studio
DEFA studio for feature films
Director
Frank Beyer
Camera
Günter Marczinkowsky
Photographer
Klaus D. Schwarz
Composer
Hans Kunze; Wolfram Heicking
Cast
Johannes Wieke (Hermann Jansen); Helga Göring (Elli); Gerhard Hänsel (Bricklayer); Gerhard Wien (Member of the Party Executive); Manfred Krug (Hannes Balla); Fritz Mohr (Member of the Party Executive); Gerd Scheibel (Member of the Party Executive); Walter Jupé (Hesselbart); Günter Meier (Bast); Vera Achenbach (Barmaid); Alfons Pruszkowski (Waiter); Krystyna Stypulkowska (Kati Klee); Helmut Schreiber (Elbers); Horst Günter Fiegler (Waiter); Dieter Perlwitz (Member of the district leadership); Hans Schmidt (Brigade member); Georg Schweiger (Landlord); Hans-Peter Minetti (Heinz Bleibtreu); Brigitte Herwig (Daughter Horrath); Fred Ludwig (Wolbig); Vera Byl (Young Woman); Christa Pasemann (Party leadership member); Rosa Lotze (Young Mother); Bodo Schmidt (Young man in the dance bar); Eberhard Esche (Werner Horrath); Albert Zahn (Ironworker); Jochen Zimmermann (Dumper driver); Harald Moszdorf (Brigade member); Karl-Heinz Weiß (Party leadership member); Heinz Laggies (Brigade member); Karl Ilsemann (bartender); Erich Mirek (Oswald Ziemer); Karl Brenk (Büchner); Johannes Maus (policeman); Günter Krahl (young man); Katja Hildebrandt (infant); Walter Schüppel (party leadership member); Klaus Schwarz (reporter); Gertrud Brendler (Mrs Schicketanz); Detlev Eisner (Nick); Ernst Peter Berndt (Member of the Party Executive); Reinhard Tomschirm (Waiter); Walter Richter-Reinick (Richard Trutmann); Hans-Peter Reinicke (Galomski); Erika Stiska (Member of the Party Executive); Herbert Großkopf (spokesperson in the presidium); Ingeborg Schumacher (Marianne Horrath); Fete Pinnow (brigade member); Gisela Graupner (brigade member); Hilmar Bodendieck (brigade member); Werner Kamenik (party leadership member); Ursula Möckel (barmaid); Sina Fiedler (Nurse); Erik Veldre (Jochmann); Wolfgang Ostberg (Brigade member); Roman Silberstein (First Lieutenant of the VP); Maika Joseph (Nurse); Wolfgang Kold (Bartender); Max Peater (Chairman of the Presidium)
Editor
Hildegard Conrad-Nöller
Head of Production
Dieter Dormeier
Additional Crew
Camera assistant: Erhard Schweda
Production management: Gerhard Freudel; Paul Schimanski
Consultancy: Joachim Werzlau (musical)
Dramaturgy: Günter Mehnert; Werner Beck
Script: Karl Georg Egel; Frank Beyer
Make-up: Irmgard Lippmann; Willi Gesche
Costume: Elli-Charlotte Löffler
Synchronisation (speaker): Jutta Hoffmann (Kati Klee)
Sound: Werner Dibowski
Assistant director: Bodo Schmidt
Production design: Harald Horn

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