Bankett für Achilles

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.

Cast

Erwin Geschonneck

Achilles

Jutta Wachowiak

Ursel

Fred Delmare

Kanarienvogel

Wolfgang Winkler

Baumann

Hermann Beyer

Dr. Huhn

Elsa Grube-Deister

Marga

Gert Gütschow

Walura

Ute Lubosch

Beate

Carl Heinz Choynski

Bahre

Dieter Franke

Herr Bäuerlein