''The Smooth Career'' () is a 1967 West German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Haro Senft Haro Senft (27 September 1928, Budweis, Czechoslovakia (now České Budějovice, Czech Republic – 4 February 2016, Munich) was a German filmmaker who was one of the founders of the New German Cinema movement. His short documentary film '' Kah ...

and starring

Bruno Ganz Bruno Ganz (; 22 March 1941 – 16 February 2019) was a Swiss actor whose career in German stage, television and film productions spanned nearly 60 years. He was known for his collaborations with the directors Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Franc ...

, Verena Buss and

Wolfgang Büttner Wolfgang Büttner (1 June 1912 – 18 November 1990) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1950 to 1998. Filmography References External links

* 1912 births 1990 deaths German male film actors Male ac ...

.Cowie & Elley p.153

Cast

as Bernhard Kral * as Johanna Benedikt *

Wolfgang Büttner Wolfgang Büttner (1 June 1912 – 18 November 1990) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1950 to 1998. Filmography References External links

* 1912 births 1990 deaths German male film actors Male ac ...

as Richard Benedikt *

Lia Eibenschütz Lia Eibenschütz (1899–1985) was a German actress. She was married to the actor Kurt Vespermann with whom she had a son Gerd Vespermann who also became an actor. Selected filmography * '' The War of the Oxen'' (1920) * '' The Legend of Holy ...

as Gertrud Benedikt * Hans Putz as Wolf Kamper *

Dany Mann Dany may refer to: People with the name Given name A form of the Hebrew words and names '' daniyyel'' דניאל (« God is my Judge ») or ''dan'' דָּן (« judgement » or « he judged ») * Dany Abounaoum (born 1969), Lebanese alpine skier * ...

as Susanne Kamper *

Jan Kačer Jan Kačer (3 October 1936 – 24 May 2024) was a Czech actor and theatrical director. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1960 onwards. Life and career Kačer studied theatrical directing at DAMU. He was an actor and a director in The D ...

as Stefan *

Nina Divíšková Nina Divíšková (12 July 1936 – 21 June 2021) was a Czech actress. She appeared in more than seventy films since 1967. She was the wife of the film director Jan Kačer Jan Kačer (3 October 1936 – 24 May 2024) was a Czech actor and thea ...

as Věra *

Vladimír Hlavatý Vladimir (, , Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavs, Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is ...

as Prof. König * Peter Höfer as Alfred Reichert * Rolf Ederer as Direktor Burckhardt *

Ralf Gregan Ralph (pronounced or ) is a male name of English origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Old High German ''Radulf'', cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms are: * Ra ...

as Joe Vielhaber * Lutz Hochstraate as Klaus

References

Bibliography

* Peter Cowie & Derek Elley. ''World Filmography: 1967''. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1977.

External links

* 1967 films West German films 1967 drama films German drama films 1960s German-language films 1960s German films Films directed by Haro Senft {{1960s-Germany-film-stub