Rising to the Bait (Der Brocken) 32 years old

Protected from the intrigues of con-men by the overwhelming blanket of the former regime in East Germany, at first it seems that Ada Fenske, the elderly widow living on a farm near a soon-to-be abandoned Russian island military base is fair game. The (West) German military intelligence services want to acquire her farm. At first, their agent attempts to buy the property openly, but her refusal to sell motivates him to try far shadier techniques. He comes up with a relative she never knew about who is entitled to a share in the property and tries to blackmail the township's mayor to get his cooperation. However, the hard-working and honest old lady has an ally in the person of her more sophisticated border, a woman who works in the mayor's office and has been to the West. She takes great delight in foiling the underhanded agent.

Credits

Rising to the Bait Cast

Name Character
Rolf Zacher He was 51, 76 years old when he died as Zwirner
Ben Becker He was 27, now 59 years old as Funke
Elsa Grube-Deister She was 66, 75 years old when she died as Ada Fenske
Heinz-Werner Kraehkamp He was 43, 63 years old when he died as Raschke
Muriel Baumeister She was 20, now 52 years old as Svetlana
Horst Rehberg He was 54, 80 years old when he died as Petersen
Franziska Troegner She was 37, now 69 years old as Trude
Wolf-Dietrich Berg He was 47, 59 years old when he died as Naujok
Peter Mohrdieck He was 34, now 66 years old as Major

Rising to the Bait Crew

Name Department
Vadim Glowna as Director. He was 50 (70) years old when He died Directing
Rising to the Bait poster
Rising to the Bait (32 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, April 23, 1992