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The Trace of Stones

Spur der Steine

1966
Germany
feature film - Drama
139 min. (3795 m.)
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Manfred Krug (Hannes Balla); Krystyna Stypułkowska (Kati Klee); Eberhard Esche (Werner Horrath); Johannes Wieke (Hermann Jansen); Walter Richter-Reinick (Richard Trautmann); Hans-Peter Minetti (Heinz Bleibtreu); Walter Jupé (Hesselbart); Ingeborg Schumacher (Marianne Horrath); Brigitte Herwig (Horraths daughter); Gertrud Brendler (Mrs. Schicketanz); Helga Göring (Elli); Erich Mirek (Oswald Ziemer); Günter Meier (Bast); Karl Brenk (Franz Büchner); Helmut Schreiber (Elsbers); Fred Ludwig (Wolbig); Erik Veldre (Dieter Jochmann); Hans-Peter Reinecke (Galonski); Detlef Eisner (Nick); Albert Zahn (steel fixer); Gerhard Hänsel (bricklayer); Jochen Zimmermann (dumper driver); Heinz Laggies (work brigade member); Hans Schmidt (work brigade member); Harald Moszdorf (work brigade member); Fete Pinnow (work brigade member); Wolfgang Ostberg (work brigade member); Gisela Graupner (work brigade member); Hilmar Bodendieck (work brigade member); Roman Silberstein (police lieutenant); Johannes Maus (policeman); Maika Joseph (nurse); Vera Byl (young woman); Günter Krahl (young man); Katja Hildebrandt (infant); Werner Kamenik (party leadership member); Karl-Heinz Weiß (party leadership member); Walter Schüppel (party leadership member); Ernst Peter Berndt (party leadership member); Fritz Mohr (party leadership member); Gert Wien (party leadership member); Gerd Scheibel (party leadership member); Erika Stiska (party leadership member); Christa Pasemann (party leadership member); Wolfgang Kold (Barmixer); Karl Ilsemann (Barmixer); Ursula Möckel (barmaid); Vera Achenbach (barmaid); Horst-Günther Fiegler (waiter); Reinhard Tomschirm (waiter); Alfons Pruszkowski (waiter); Georg Schweiger (landlord); Sina Fiedler (nurse); Rosa Lotze (young mother); Dieter Perlwitz (party leadership member); Klaus Schwarz (reporter); Herbert Großkopf (speaker at committee); Max Peater (head of committee); Bodo Schmidt (young man at bar)

Voice: Jutta Hoffmann (Krystyna Stypułkowska)

Direction

Director: Frank Beyer

Assistant director: Bodo Schmidt

Writing

Screenplay: Karl Georg Egel

Based on: Erik Neutsch (novel)

Script editor: Günter Mehnert; Werner Beck

Szenarium: Frank Beyer

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Günter Marczinkowsky

Assistant camera / focus puller: Erhard Schweda

Still photographer: Kurt Bobek; Klaus D. Schwarz

Lighting design: Günther Müller

Decor

Production design: Harald Horn

Set construction: Heike Bauersfeld; Richard Schmidt

Prop master: Adolf Kilian

Make-up artist: Willi Gesche; Irmgard Lippmann

Costume design: Elli-Charlotte Löffler; Günter Pohl

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Hildegard Conrad

Sound: Werner Dibowski

Music

Music: Wolfram Heicking

music consultation: Joachim Werzlau

Production

Unit production manager: Dieter Dormeier

Location manager: Gerhard Freudel; Paul Schimanski

Companies

Production company: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe »Heinrich Greif«)