Der Trinker

December. 06,1995

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Genre：

Drama

Keywords：

Based On Novel Or Book Alcoholism Alcoholic

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Hans Fallada tells in his published after the war novel "The drinker" the story of the agricultural wholesaler Erwin Sommer, who flees from his narrow bourgeois relations under the burdens of the new times in the kingdom of the king alcohol, whose liberty and independence promises prove a lie - the only truth of the alcohol. On behalf of the WDR television play Ulrich Plenzdorf has adapted Fallada's 1944/45 novel for a film adaptation by Tom Toelle with Harald Juhnke in the main role of Erwin Sommer.

Harald Juhnke as Erwin Sommer

Jutta Wachowiak as Magda Sommer

Deborah Kaufmann as Elinor

Eberhard Esche as Dr. Mansfeld

Christian Grashof as Lobedanz

Dietrich Körner as Dr. Stiebing

Thomas Neumann as Patient

Dietmar Huhn as

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Reviews

Curapedi

1995/12/06

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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TaryBiggBall

1995/12/07

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

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Arianna Moses

1995/12/08

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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Deanna

1995/12/09

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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