''The Second Track'' (german: Das zweite Gleis) is a 1962 East German drama film directed by

Joachim Kunert Joachim Kunert (24 September 1929 – 18 September 2020) was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 20 films between 1954 and 1989. His 1965 film '' The Adventures of Werner Holt'' was entered into the 4th Moscow Int ...

. It is the only

DEFA DEFA (''Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft'') was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence. Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PRO ...

film looking at the

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

history in East Germany.

Cast

Albert Hetterle Albert Hetterle (31 October 1918 – 17 December 2006) was a German actor who also became intendant at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. Early years Albert Hetterle was born in Petersthal a few weeks after the First World War had ended. His fat ...

- Walter Brock *

Annekathrin Bürger Annekathrin Bürger (born 1937) is a German stage, film and television actress. Bürger was a prominent actress in East Germany appearing in a number of films made by the state-run DEFA film studios as well as in television series such as ''Wolf ...

- Vera Brock - seine Tochter * - Frank * - Erwin Runge *

Helga Göring Helga Göring (1922–2010) was a German stage, television and film actress.Brockmann p.247 Selected filmography * ''Castles and Cottages'' (1957) * '' Two Mothers'' (1957) * '' Sheriff Teddy'' (1957) * '' Erich Kubak'' (1959) * '' The Second T ...

- Frau Gertrud Runge * - Heinz Gericke * - Frau Anneliese Merkel * Brigitte Lindenberg - Angestellte im Kdh. * - Kriminalbeamter * - Lokführer

References

External links

* * 1962 films 1962 drama films East German films 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub