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The last years of Heinrich George's life are reconstructed with documentary footage and play scenes. His son Götz, named after Heinrich's favorite role of the peasant war hero from Goethe's play "Götz von Berlichingen", plays scenes from his father's life and allows his enormous creative power to shine through. Nothing is left out, nothing glossed over in this story of a man with many facets. Götz George, one of Germany's best-known actors, is at the center of this homage, which is also a reappraisal of the contradictions in his father's life. As the only follower from the acting profession, Heinrich George had to pay with his life. He was not officially rehabilitated until 1998.Read moreLess
The last years of Heinrich George's life are reconstructed with documentary footage and play scenes. His son Götz, named after Heinrich's favorite role of the peasant war hero from Goethe's play "Götz von Berlichingen", plays scenes from his father's life and allows his enormous creative power to shine through. Nothing is left out, nothing glossed over in this story of a man with many facets. Götz George, one of Germany's best-known actors, is at the center of this homage, which is also a reappraisal of the contradictions in his father's life. As the only follower from the acting profession, Heinrich George had to pay with his life. He was not officially rehabilitated until 1998.
The story
The last years of Heinrich George's life are reconstructed with documentary footage and play scenes. His son Götz, named after Heinrich's favorite role of the peasant war hero from Goethe's play "Götz von Berlichingen", plays scenes from his father's life and allows his enormous creative power to shine through. Nothing is left out, nothing glossed over in this story of a man with many facets. Götz George, one of Germany's best-known actors, is at the center of this homage, which is also a reappraisal of the contradictions in his father's life. As the only follower from the acting profession, Heinrich George had to pay with his life. He was not officially rehabilitated until 1998.
Cast & crew
Götz GeorgeHeinrich George / Himself
Muriel BaumeisterBerta Drews
Samuel FinziOberleutnant Bibler
Martin WuttkeJoseph Goebbels
Burghart KlaußnerHelmut Maurer
Leonie BeneschMargot Hanke
Thomas ThiemePaul Wegener
Hanns ZischlerMax Beckmann
Karl KnaupRobert Müller
Rike SchmidAnneliese UhligExplore the crew
- Director
- Joachim Lang
- Writer
- Kai Hafemeister
- Producer
- Leif Alexis
- Producer
- Nico Hofmann
- Editor
- Eva Schnare
- Writer
- Joachim Lang
- Producer
- Jochen Laube