Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow 50 years old

Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow worked for the railways his entire working life. He took up service at the small station of Luege 34 years ago. Now, the line is to be electrified and Platow, who cannot cope with the new technology, has to work on a secondary local line. Georg, his son, a railway worker as well, is to attend a training course, but Georg refuses to go. Then his father comes to a surprising and highly unusual decision. He pretends to be Georg Platow, making himself twenty years younger than he really is and registers for the course.

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Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow Cast

Name Character
Friedrich Richter He was 78, 89 years old when he died
Hermann Beyer He was 30, now 80 years old as Zolle
Rolf Hoppe He was 42, now 93 years old as Dr.Hoppe
Jaecki Schwarz He was 27, now 78 years old
Hilmar Baumann He was 34, 79 years old when he died as Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow (jung)
Fred Delmare He was 51, 87 years old when he died as Platows Vater
Eberhard Esche He was 39, 72 years old when he died as Schauspieler
Margit Bendokat She was 29, now 80 years old as Mädchen mit Tasse
Carmen-Maja Antoni She was 27, now 78 years old as Kellnerin
Gudrun Ritter She was 36, now 87 years old as Platows Schwiegertochter
Jürgen Holtz He was 40, now 91 years old as Dieter Schildt
Wolfgang Winkler He was 32, 79 years old when he died as Dritter Ingenieur
Trude Bechmann She was 69, 78 years old when she died as alte Frau
Winfried Glatzeder He was 28, now 79 years old as Clown

Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow Crew

Name Department
Brigitte Krex as Editor. She was 35 (now 85) years old Editing
Siegfried Kühn as Director. He was 38 (now 89) years old Directing
Siegfried Kühn as Writer. He was 38 (now 89) years old Writing
Roland Dressel as Cinematography. He was 41 (now 92) years old Crew
Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow poster
Das zweite Leben des Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow (50 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, May 31, 1973
  • Runtime: 90 minutes