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Der Trinker (1995) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1995 · 99 mins · German
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- Directed by
- Tom Toelle
- Starring
- Christian Grashof, Deborah Kaufmann, Veit Schubert, Jutta Wachowiak, Dietmar Huhn, Dietrich Körner
Hans Fallada’s post‑war novel The Drinker follows wholesaler Erwin Sommer as he abandons his narrow bourgeois life, only to be drawn into a world ruled by alcohol, where promises of freedom prove empty and the drink’s grip is the certainty. Ulrich Plenzdorf adapted the 1944/45 novel for a WDR TV film by Tom Toelle, starring Harald Juhnke as Sommer.
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