Der Lude

Story

Synopsis

Berlin in the early 1930s. Bello is an unemployed young man who loves the underage Frieda. In order to earn a living for both of them, Frieda goes on the streets. An inspector from the political department takes advantage of this to blackmail Bello into providing informer services. But that's not all. A jealousy murder among pimps, whose victim is a high-ranking Nazi, is blamed on the Communists, and Bello is supposed to be the key witness. He refuses. When the Nazis come to power, they reopen the case to turn the murdered man into a martyr. Bello still refuses. He now believes he is safe because Frieda is now of age. But he pays for his refusal with his life.

Director

Horst E. Brandt

Writers

Claus Küchenmeister, Wera Küchenmeister, Horst E. Brandt

Language

German

Country

Germany, East Germany

Release date

6 December 1984

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Peer-Uwe Teska

• 

  Michèle Marian

  Frieda

• 

  Franziska Troegner

  Klara

• 

  Michael Pan

  Sally Epstein

• 

  Dieter Montag

  Eberhard Tann

• Manfred Gorr

• 

  Martin Trettau

• Erwin Berner

  Horst Wessel

• Walter Jäckel

• 

  Rudolf Ulrich

• 

  Karin Düwel

  Erna Jänichen

• Joachim Pape

  Älterer Genosse