Film
The Banner of Kryvyi Rih
XG · Germany- Age rating
- 6
- Director
- Kurt Maetzig
- Year
- 1967
In an act of friendship and solidarity between two mining towns in 1929, the locals of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, give their flag as a gift to the locals of Bergstedt, Germany in this GDR propaganda film. This quickly takes on a symbolic meaning for the miners in Bergstedt as the Nazi party demands that this Soviet gesture be erased and the flag be replaced with their own. The miner and communist party functionary Otto Brosowski publicly declares it his duty to defend this flag against every danger, and he keeps his promise despite his family being threatened by torment and torture.
Top cast
Erwin Geschonneck
Otto Brosowski Senior
Marga Legal
Minna Brosowski
Harry Hindemith
Bürgermeister Zonkel
Fred-Arthur Geppert
Rüdiger
Eva-Maria Hagen
Elfriede
Manfred Krug
Jule Hammer
Jochen Thomas
Bode
Frank Panzer
Walter mit 12 Jahren
Kaspar Eichel
Walter
Angela Brunner
Frau Bienert
Willi Neuenhahn
Mellendorf
Martin Flörchinger
Pfarrer
Alfred Müller
Direktor Niedermeyer
Rolf Ripperger
Bubi von Alvensleben
Walter Lendrich
Küster
Dieter Wien
Lehrer Peters
Rudolf Ulrich
Bienert
Horst Kube
Fahrsteiger Bartel
Directed by
Kurt Maetzig
Written by
Hans-Albert Pederzani