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George (2013)
Directed by Joachim Lang
Overview
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.
Length 114 minutes
Actors
Götz George | Muriel Baumeister | Samuel Finzi | Martin Wuttke | Burghart Klaußner | Leonie Benesch | Thomas Thieme | Hanns Zischler | Charlotte Albrecht | Marcel Batangtaris | Karl Knaup | Rike Schmid | Rolf Kanies | Monika Gossmann | Robert Dölle | Thomas Kügel | Laurence Gothe | Luis Kain | Matthias Bundschuh | Jan George | Anneliese Uhlig | Christian Weisenborn | Annette Wegener | Silvia Gronostay | Horst Jänichen | Dora Pawlowski | Giwi Margwelaschwili | Heinz Fitzner | Wladimir Gall | Alexander Wolf | Marco Ammer | Earl Vincent Sherwood II | Franziska Breite | Waléra Kanischtscheff | Thomas Kornmann | Stefan Müller-Doriat | Marco Noack | Paul Schlase | Nils Schulz | Yevgeni Sitokhin | Martina Ysker