Die letzte Rolle

Story

Synopsis

The ageing actor Peter Poller, whose name still has traction, is engaged as a guest at a provincial theater. They are performing a play by Molière. Poller is an alcoholic and his physical collapse is only a matter of time. His colleagues are watching him: the fear that the performance could fail through his fault is coupled with envy of his star role, which he also plays in his private life. His old "friend" and rival, the actor Karl Tietz, lurks unsuspectingly for the opportunity to stand in for him. Only the young Dagmar Möller seems to trust her great colleague. She makes every effort to help Poller overcome his problem and mediate between him and Tietz. But the battle continues - one wants to destroy the other. In the end, it is Dagmar who is broken by this game of intrigue, which she does not want to play and which she is not up to. However, the two old ladies are back on stage together - in a role that, like so many others, will "irrevocably" be their "last"...

Director

Egon Günther

Writers

Klaus Poche

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

8 January 1986

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Hans Christian Blech

  Peter Poller

• 

  Corinna Kirchhoff

  Dagmar Möller

• 

  Jürgen Holtz

  Karl Tietz

• 

  Juraj Kukura

  Regisseur

• F. Dion Davis

  Mischa

• Suzanne Stoll

  Donna Elvira

• Lilli Berlin

  Regie-Assistentin

• Sigrid Landgrebe

  Karin Baltzer

• 

  Jean-Paul Raths

  Harry Werner

• Heinz Rabe

  Kurt Selbert

• Werner Kwoll

  Wolf Tauber

• Anton Sluzarski

  Polnischer Bühnenarbeiter