Bankett für Achilles

Bankett für Achilles

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 20, 1975

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Drama

User Score

48%

Original Title

Bankett für Achilles

Production Companies

DEFA

Director

Roland Gräf

Description

For thirty years, Karl Achilles has been working at the chemical collective in Bitterfeld. But now his last day as a master at the plant has come. He is about to retire; even if Karl, who finds ending his working life difficult, wanted to stay on, it would not be possible. Karl’s colleagues have arranged a farewell dinner for the retiring master at an outdoor restaurant. But on his last day of work, before the farewell dinner, he meets all sorts of people: both colleagues and people, who do not work at the plant. A mosaic of the biography of a person who found fulfilment in his work and now has to look for the meaning of his life anew.