Movie

The Soft Course (1967)

• May 25, 1967
• 1h 29m

• Drama

Overview

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

Starring

Bruno Ganz, Verena Buss, Wolfgang Büttner