

The Second Track
Overview
In this German drama, Brock, a railroad inspector, witnesses a robbery at a train depot. He recognizes the thief, but turning the man in would mean acknowledging he knows him, thus revealing his own complicity with the Nazi war machine. When Brock’s daughter and her boyfriend begin to question him about the incident, will the secret he’s kept for nearly 20 years finally be exposed?
Movie Details
Languages
German
Studio
DEFA
Key Crew

Joachim Kunert
Director

Günter Kunert
Writer

Joachim Kunert
Writer
Cast

Albert Hetterle
Walter Brock

Annekathrin Bürger
Vera Brock

Horst Jonischkan
Frank

Walter Richter-Reinick
Erwin Runge

Helga Göring
Frau Runge

Trude Bechmann
Ältere Frau

Paul Berndt
Kriminalbeamter

Maria Besendahl
Bäckerin

Johanna Clas
Anneliese Merkel

Erik S. Klein
Brigitte Lindenberg
Walter E. Fuß

Arno Wyzniewski

Joachim Zschocke

Klaus Gendries














