The Song of the Trumpeter

Overview

Fritz Weineck, a worker′s son from Halle, loves music – and dreams to make a living out of it one day. When his friend Alfons, a World War I veteran, gives him a trumpet as a gift, Fritz seems to come closer to fulfil his dream. But then, Fritz realizes that after the end of the German empire workers still have to desperately fight for their rights, and decides to use his instrument for political means: At a meeting of militant workers, he uses his trumpet as a signal horn. But Fritz suffers a severe setback when a comrade dies in the fight for an arms depot because of his fault.

Directed by Konrad Petzold

Top cast

Horst Jonischkan

Fritz Weineck

Erik Veldre

Paul Hepner

Doris Abeßer

Käthe Mielfe

Ezard Haußmann

Georg Füllbrink

Jürgen Frohriep

Walter Ebersdorf

Traudl Kulikowsky

Lene Langner

Fred Delmare

Kleckchen

Wolfgang Greese

Karl Borsdorff

Helga Göring

Anna Weineck

Rolf Römer

Alfons Wieland

Bruno Carstens

Gustav Merseburg

Hannjo Hasse

Pietzker

H

Horst Friedrich

Ebersdorf

H

Hannes Fischer

Füllbrink

W

Werner Wieland

Langner

Hans Klering

Bodendiek

Nico Turoff

Brauer

W

Werner Kamenik

Heinrich

Hans-Edgar Stecher

Jule

E

Erika Stiska

Trude

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