07 Mar 2002
If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer
Frustrated with their lazy new intern, a trio of offbeat builders decide to teach him a lesson with a series of escalating pranks.
Trace of Stones
Bad planning and shortages prevail on an East German construction site. Foreman Hannes Balla uses unconventional methods to overcome the problems. New Socialist Unity Party secretary Werner Horrath is charged with bringing the rough-and-ready builder crew into line. The task seems doomed to fail as the two men compete for the affections of young engineer Kati Klee. But when she gets pregnant by married man Horrath, he is in danger of being expelled from the party, and Balla takes his side...
Top Billed Cast
Manfred Krug Hannes Balla
Krystyna Stypułkowska Kati Klee
Eberhard Esche Werner Horrath
Johannes Wieke Hermann Jansen
Walter Richter-Reinick Richard Trautmann
Hans-Peter Minetti Heinz Bleibtreu
Walter Jupé Hesselbarth
Ingeborg Schuhmacher Marianne Horrath
Gertrud Brendler Frau Schickedanz
Helga Göring Elli
Erich Mirek Oswald Ziemer
Günter Meier Bast
Karl Brenk Franz Büchner
Helmut Schreiber Elbers
Fred Ludwig Wolbig
Erik Veldre Jochmann
Hans-Peter Reinecke Galomski
Albert Zahn Eisenflechter
Heinz Laggies Brigademitglied
Harald Moszdorf Brigademitglied
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