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Sein großer Sieg (1952)
Directed by Franz Barrenstein
Drama · 1h 28m
GDR and West Berlin in the 1950s. Hans Nettermann, a designer at the "Komet" bicycle factory, is a favorite of the BSG road riders. His dream is to one day ride in a stand-up race. A construction error throws him back in the road race. They work for a long time to fix it. Then he is persuaded to go to West Berlin to become a professional rider. Although he makes it to the top class, he also learns about the scams in professional sport. He marries Marianne, who has followed him and tries to persuade him to return to the GDR, which he eventually does. After some difficulties at work, he is nominated for the first amateur endurance race in the GDR and wins.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Franz Barrenstein
- Writer
- Hermann von Rohde, Alexander Lösche
- Director of Photography
- Willi Kuhle
- Editor
- Lieselotte Johl
Details
- Release date
- 1952-08-07
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA
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