The Architects

The architect Daniel Brenner is in his late thirties when he receives his first challenging and lucrative commission: to design a cultural center for a satellite town in East-Berlin. He accepts the offer under the condition that he gets to choose who he works with. This way, he reunites with former colleagues and friends - most of them architects or students of architecture who have since chosen a different profession due to personal restraint or economic confinement. Together, they develop a concept which they hope will be more appealing to the public than the conventional and dull constructions common to the German Democratic Republic. However, their ambitious plans are once and again foiled by their conservative supervisors. As frustration grows, Daniel has trouble keeping his career in balance with his family-life: his wife Wanda wants to leave for West-Germany.

6.8

102 min

Cast

Kurt Naumann

as Daniel Brenner

Rita Feldmeier

as Wanda Brenner

Uta Eisold

as Renate Reese

Werner Dissel

as Alter

Christoph Engel

as Ökonom Endler

Wolfgang Greese

as Günther Adam

Hans-Joachim Hegewald

as Albrecht Wischala

Karl-Ernst Horbol

as n.A.

Thomas Just

Markus Kissling

as n.A.

Roland Kuchenbuch

as n.A.

Ute Lubosch

as Franziska Scharf

Andrea Meissner

as Barbara Schneider

Jörg Schüttauf

as Wilfried Berger

Catherine Stoyan

as Else Krug

Joachim Tomaschewsky

as Prof. Vesely

Jürgen Watzke

as Martin Bullat

Judith Richter

as Kind

René Wünsch

as Kind

Director

Peter Kahane