Der Trinker
Hans Fallada tells in his published after the war novel "The drinker" the story of the agricultural wholesaler Erwin Sommer, who flees from his narrow bourgeois relations under the burdens of the new times in the kingdom of the king alcohol, whose liberty and independence promises prove a lie - the only truth of the alcohol. On behalf of the WDR television play Ulrich Plenzdorf has adapted Fallada's 1944/45 novel for a film adaptation by Tom Toelle with Harald Juhnke in the main role of Erwin Sommer.
Top Billed Cast
Harald Juhnke
Erwin Sommer
Jutta Wachowiak
Magda Sommer
Deborah Kaufmann
Elinor
Eberhard Esche
Dr. Mansfeld
Christian Grashof
Lobedanz
Featured Crew
Tom Toelle
Director
Tom Toelle
Writer
Hans Fallada
Novel
Ulrich Plenzdorf
Writer
Martin Wiebel
Producer
Jürgen Knieper
Original Music Composer
Achim Poulheim
Director of Photography
Karin Nowarra
Editor
An Dorthe Braker
Casting
Götz Heymann
Production Design
Ingrid Zoré
Costume Designer
Karin Otto
Makeup Artist