Brennende Ruhr

Brennende Ruhr

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 26, 1967

Runtime

2h 40m

Genres

History, Drama

Original Title

Brennende Ruhr

Production Companies

Fernsehen der DDR, DEFA

Director

Hans-Erich Korbschmitt

Description

The two-piece black and white movie "Brennende Ruhr" portrays the events during the Kapp-Putsch 1920 in a small german town in the Ruhr district. The main protagonist is Ernst Sukrow, a student who sympathises first with the bourgeois forces but finally decided to join the communists in their fight.