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Career

19711h 22m

Overview

Günter Walcher, 40-years-old, is a hardworking, apolitical West German businessman caught in a moral conflict. He is offered a promotion to become the head of a division—on the condition that he find a reason to fire Zacharias, a communist and the work council chairman.

Directed by Heiner Carow
Written by Heiner Carow, Hermann Herlinghaus, Claus Küchenmeister
Produced by Dieter Dormeier, Siegfried Kabitzke
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Top Cast

Rüdiger Joswig

Rüdiger Joswig

Harald Walcher

Katja Paryla

Katja Paryla

Frau Walcher

Brigitte Krause

Brigitte Krause

Mutter Walcher

Jürgen Hentsch

Jürgen Hentsch

Direktor Stahlberg

Ute Christensen

Ute Christensen

Junges Mädchen

Günter Schubert

Günter Schubert

1. Gast

J

Joachim Trotz

Narrator

H

Horst Hiemer

G

Gert Krause-Melzer

Günter Walcher (archive footage)

Rolf Ludwig

Rolf Ludwig

Themes & Keywords

1970scensorshipnazism

About Career

Career is a drama, crime, war, history film released in 1971 exploring themes of 1970s, censorship, nazism. Directed by Heiner Carow, it stars Rüdiger Joswig, Katja Paryla, Brigitte Krause. Günter Walcher, 40-years-old, is a hardworking, apolitical West German businessman caught in a moral conflict. He is offered a promotion to become the head of a division—on the condition that he find a reason to fire Zacharias, a communist and the work council chairman.

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