Before lightning strikes

1959•1h 36m

Drama

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DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

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Status

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Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Cast

Horst Drinda

Heinz Engelhard

Christine Laszar

Christine Koch

Herwart Grosse

Argus

Johannes Arpe

Paul Jordan

Margret Homeyer

Otti Schütz

Traute Sense

Claudia Lindner

Werner Dissel

Silvio O. Schmitt

Jochen Thomas

Brigadier Schindler

Manfred Krug

1. Lokomotivbauer

Rolf Herricht

2. Lokomotivbauer

Peter Dommisch

3. Lokomotivbauer

Horst Kube

Brigadier Schneider

Wolf von Beneckendorff

Händler in Rätseln

Hannes Fischer

Heinz Schröder

Gerd Biewer

Rudi Schiemann

Friedrich Richter

Annemarie Hase

Erik S. Klein

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