Aussie Cops Keep It Real In "Critical Incident"
Critical Incident is worthy of a weekend binge, keeping you guessing right up until the end.
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Post-war Germany: Like so many other women, Gerda Krause has lost her husband during the war and has to fend for herself and her two children. She finds work as a seamstress but refuses the offering of her department chief Zimmermann to upgrade her qualifications. One day she meets Uschi, an old friend of hers, whom she has helped with schoolwork before the war and subsequently lost track of. The reunion reminds Gerda of her childhood dream: to become a teacher. Thus, she decides to enroll at university to make her dream come true.
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Post-war Germany: Like so many other women, Gerda Krause has lost her husband during the war and has to fend for herself and her two children. She finds work as a seamstress but refuses the offering of her department chief Zimmermann to upgrade her qualifications. One day she meets Uschi, an old friend of hers, whom she has helped with schoolwork before the war and subsequently lost track of. The reunion reminds Gerda of her childhood dream: to become a teacher. Thus, she decides to enroll at university to make her dream come true.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Berta Waterstradt
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Runtime:86 minutes
Studio:DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Joachim Kunert
Director
Erika Müller-Fürstenau
Gerda Krause
Christoph Engel
Bernd
Rolf Moebius
Werner Schneider
Erich Mirek
Zimmermann
Horst Naumann
Klaus
Magdalene von Nußbaum
Mother Becker
Erika Dunkelmann
Hanna - Gerda's colleague
Ellen Plessow
Trümmerfrau
Elfriede Garden
Jutta, Gerda's girlfriend
Hans-Joachim Martens
Jürgen
Gertrud Brendler
Miss Grethmann
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