People with Wings (1960)
This film continues the story of radio operator Ludwig Bartuschek from “The Sailor’s Song”. Near the end of the Weimar Republic, Bartuschek (Erwin Geschonneck) is working as a mechanic in the Sperber airplane plant. Director Dehringer offers him the opportunity to train as an airplane constructor if he is willing to give up his communist beliefs under oath. Bartuschek will not allow himself to be bought and instead joins the underground resistance movement.
- Released
- 1960-08-24
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Konrad Wolf, Karl Georg Egel, Paul Wiens
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Erwin Geschonneck as Bartuscheck
- Wilhelm Koch-Hooge as Dr. Lampert
- Hilmar Thate as Henne
- Franz Kutschera as Dr. Dehringer
- Rosita Fernandez as Ines
- Otto Dierichs as Dr. Klinger
- Fred Mahr as Friedrich
- Mathilde Danegger as Mutter Friedrich
- Brigitte Krause as Betty Bartuscheck
- Friedrich Teitge
- Sabine Thalbach
- Erik S. Klein