People with Wings

1960 War drama

Near the end of the Weimar Republic, radio operator Ludwig Bartuschek (Erwin Geschonneck), continuing his journey from his days as a sailor, works as a mechanic in the Sperber airplane plant. Director Dehringer presents him with a chance to train as an airplane constructor, but only if Bartuschek swears to abandon his communist beliefs.

Directed by	Konrad Wolf
Written by	Willi Brückner, Karl-Georg Egel, Paul Wiens
Original title	Leute mit Flügeln
Original lang.	German
Country	Germany

Starring

Erwin Geschonneck

Brigitte Krause

Hilmar Thate

Fred Mahr

Mathilde Danegger

Otto Dierichs

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Franz Kutschera

Norbert Christian

Gerhard Vogt

Gert Andreae

Jochen Diestelmann

Georg Gudzent

Albert Hetterle

Erik S. Klein

Otto Krone

Manfred Krug

Willi Neuenhahn

Horst Schneider

Friedrich Teitge

Erich Brauer

Wilhelm Burmeier

Paul Funk

William Gade

Hannjo Hasse

Wolfgang Kalweit

Horst Koch

Betty Loewen

Sabine Thalbach

Doris Thalmer

Sergej Mahailusov

Frank Michelis

Werner Senftleben

Herbert Kunkel

Oswald Foerderer

Ernst Eichholz

Erich Fritze

Karl-Heinz Weiss

Hans Ulrich Laufer

Ursula Virgens

Habbo Lolling

Hans Feldner

Horst Giese