Bahnwärter Thiel

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Martin Trettau
Martin Trettau

Bahnwärter Thiel

Walfriede Schmitt
Walfriede Schmitt

Lene

Blanche Kommerell
Blanche Kommerell

Minna

Rolf Hoppe
Rolf Hoppe

Pfarrer

Willi Schrade
Willi Schrade

Zugführer

Walter Lendrich
Walter Lendrich

Bahnwärter

Walter Niklaus
Walter Niklaus

Narrator (voice)

Joachim Pape
Joachim Pape

Andreas Albert
Andreas Albert

Gerd Staiger
Gerd Staiger

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    The film tells the tragic fate of railroad guard Thiel at the end of the 19th century. Thiel, who spends his days in the dull, monotonous fulfillment of his duties, has lost his gentle, quiet wife Minna. He remarries out of concern for his young son Tobias. His second wife Lene, with whom he also has a child, is superior to him in vitality and has a rough passion. He discovers that his child from his first marriage is being discriminated against and tormented by her - Thiel withdraws more and more into himself and becomes lonely. When Tobias is killed in an accident, he blames Lene, and disaster is inevitable...

  • Release Date

    1982-11-21

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    1.667

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    Deutsch
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