
Secrets of the City
1955-01-04 · 88 min · ★ 8.5
An industrial plant gets into difficulties. The factory owner then decides to sell the company and makes all the employees redundant. How do the dismissed employees deal with the new situation?
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- Directors
- Fritz Kortner
- Production companies
- Gyula-Trebitsch-Film, Real-Film
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Annemarie DüringerAnnie Lauer
Margot TroogerPaula
Paul HörbigerHerbert Klein
Eva Ingeborg ScholzChristl Lauer
Bruni LöbelSusi Ecker
Adrian HovenGerhard Scholz
Grethe WeiserFrieda Binder
Karl Ludwig DiehlProf. Siebrecht
Georg ThomallaPaul Martinek
Lucie MannheimKarina
Werner FuettererDr. Gunther
Charles RegnierMorton
Walther SuessenguthBöhnke
Erich SchellowRudolf Thomas, Engineer
Wilfried SeyferthStranger
Susi Nicoletti
Karl Schönböck
Carl-Heinz Schroth
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