The Second Life of F.W.G. Platow (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.
- Released
- 1973-05-31
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Siegfried Kühn
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- 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