The Soft Course (1967)

Plot Summary

Bernhard works as a warehouse clerk in Munich. After being sentenced to probation for a physical altercation with a right-wing extremist, he could no longer continue his engineering studies. Bernhard meets Johanna. She comes from a well-to-do family; her father is a real-estate developer and her brother is in the diplomatic service. Bernhard wants to share his roots with her, so the two go to Prague, where he lived until the end of the war. But her father disapproves of the trip to the Eastern bloc. When Bernhard finds out that he owes his chance to develop new technology, which led to his career advancement, to his girlfriend’s father, he is upset …

Full Cast & Characters

Bruno Ganz

Bernhard Krahl

Verena Buss

Johanna Benedikt

Wolfgang Büttner

Richard Benedikt

Lia Eibenschütz

Gertrud Benedikt

Hans Putz

Wolf Kamper

Dany Mann

Susanne Kamper

Jan Kačer

Stefan

Vladimír Hlavatý

Prof. König

Nina Divíšková

Vera

Peter Höfer

Rolf Ederer

Ralf Gregan

Director & Crew

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