The Drinker

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Harald Juhnke

Erwin Sommer

Age : 75 | Popularity : 5%

Jutta Wachowiak

Magda Sommer

Age : 83 | Popularity : 5%

Deborah Kaufmann

Elinor

Age : 54 | Popularity : 9%

Eberhard Esche

Dr. Mansfeld

Age : 72 | Popularity : 3%

Christian Grashof

Gastwirt Lobedanz

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Ulrich Plenzdorf Tom Toelle
	Novel	Hans Fallada
Directing	Director	Tom Toelle
Production	Producer	Martin Wiebel
Department	Role	Name

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