Hans Fallada tells in his published after the war novel "The drinker" the story of the agricultural wholesaler Erwin Sommer, who flees from his narrow bourgeois relations under the burdens of the new times in the kingdom of the king alcohol, whose liberty and independence promises prove a lie - the only truth of the alcohol. On behalf of the WDR television play Ulrich Plenzdorf has adapted Fallada's 1944/45 novel for a film adaptation by Tom Toelle with Harald Juhnke in the main role of Erwin Sommer.
Unfortunately the movie Der Trinker is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Tom Toelle | Director |
Production | Martin Wiebel | Producer |
Writing | Hans Fallada | Novel |
Writing | Ulrich Plenzdorf | Writer |
Writing | Tom Toelle | Writer |
Art | Götz Heymann | Production Design |
Crew | Oke Wilke | Carpenter |
Sound | Jürgen Knieper | Original Music Composer |
Production | Norbert Haake | Production Manager |
Production | Hans-Dieter Tafelski | Production Manager |
Art | Lothar Karbe | Property Master |
Sound | Max Rammler-Rogall | Sound Mixer |
Directing | Bea Reese | Continuity |
Production | An Dorthe Braker | Casting |
Costume & Make-Up | Karin Otto | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Hasso von Hugo | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
Sound | Helmut Röttgen | Sound |
Camera | Trevor Watkins | Key Grip |
Art | Dario Friso | Painter |
Editing | Karin Nowarra | Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Ingrid Bendzuk | Makeup Artist |
Art | Klaus-Dieter Ernst | Property Master |
Lighting | Dietmar Haupt | Gaffer |
Costume & Make-Up | Ingrid Zoré | Costume Designer |
Editing | Hubertus Siegert | Assistant Editor |
Lighting | Marco Teuchert | Electrician |
Camera | Peter Uhlig | Assistant Camera |
Costume & Make-Up | Hanna Eickhoff | Dresser |
Art | Anna Heymann | Assistant Production Design |
Production | Thomas Hund | Production Manager |
Directing | Sabine Wehofsky | Assistant Director |
Lighting | Martin Fischer | Additional Lighting Technician |
Costume & Make-Up | Bettina Nesselrath | Assistant Costume Designer |
Sound | Christian Moldt | Sound |
Lighting | Peter Schöllhorn | Best Boy Electric |
Camera | Achim Poulheim | Director of Photography |
Crew | Hasso von Hugo | Special Effects |
Lighting | Ronald Schwarz | Electrician |