The Soft Course

Story

Synopsis

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 …

Director

Haro Senft

Writers

Hans Noever, Haro Senft

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

25 May 1967

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  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