The last years of Heinrich George's life are reconstructed with documentary footage and play scenes. His son Götz, named after Heinrich's favorite role of the peasant war hero from Goethe's play "Götz von Berlichingen", plays scenes from his father's life and allows his enormous creative power to shine through. Nothing is left out, nothing glossed over in this story of a man with many facets. Götz George, one of Germany's best-known actors, is at the center of this homage, which is also a reappraisal of the contradictions in his father's life. As the only follower from the acting profession, Heinrich George had to pay with his life. He was not officially rehabilitated until 1998.
as Heinrich George / Himself
as Berta Drews
as Oberleutnant Bibler
as Joseph Goebbels
as Helmut Maurer
as Margot Hanke
as Paul Wegener
as Max Beckmann
as Prinzessin Natalie
as Will Quadflieg
as Robert Müller
as Anneliese Uhlig
as Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
as Maria
as Erich Konstantin
as Wilhelm Fraenger
as Jan George
as Götz George
as Günter Weisenborn
as Himself
as Herself
as Himself
as Herself
as Herself
as Himself
as Herself
as Himself
as Himself
as Himself
as Major Sternberg
as Horst Caspar
as US Soldier
as Maid
as Russian Soldier
as Walter Felsenstein
as Georg
as Gestapo-Man
as Prisoner
as German
as Schmyrjow
as Secretary
