For thirty years, Karl Achilles has been working at the chemical collective in Bitterfeld. But now his last day as a master at the plant has come. He is about to retire; even if Karl, who finds ending his working life difficult, wanted to stay on, it would not be possible. Karl’s colleagues have arranged a farewell dinner for the retiring master at an outdoor restaurant. But on his last day of work, before the farewell dinner, he meets all sorts of people: both colleagues and people, who do not work at the plant. A mosaic of the biography of a person who found fulfilment in his work and now has to look for the meaning of his life anew.
Roland Gräf
Director
Martin Stephan
Writer
Erwin Geschonneck
Achilles
Jutta Wachowiak
Ursel
Fred Delmare
Kanarienvogel
Wolfgang Winkler
Baumann
Hermann Beyer
Dr. Huhn
Elsa Grube-Deister
Marga
Gert Gütschow
Walura
Ute Lubosch
Beate
Carl Heinz Choynski
Bahre
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