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Ein brauchbarer Mann

9.019891h 39mMovieDrama

Young Uli Merkel is an engineer and inventor. He has a wife and child and is primarily interested in his career. One day, he receives a strange assignment from general manager Zeim. He is to track down the former chief designer Heiner…

DirectorHans-Werner Honert
WritersHans-Werner Honert·Helmut Grewald

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Cast · Directed by Hans-Werner Honert

TLTobias Langhoff
Tobias Langhoff
Uli Merkel
RHRolf Hoppe
Rolf Hoppe
Heiner Rudolf
OMOtto Mellies
Otto Mellies
Gerhard Zeim
KBKirsten Block
Kirsten Block
Ilona Merkel
KBKurt Böwe
Kurt Böwe
Fischer Dröse
AKAnne Kasprik
Anne Kasprik
Kerstin Rudolf
KUKarin Ugowski
Karin Ugowski
Irina Weimann
FDFred Delmare
Fred Delmare
HRHorst Rehberg
Horst Rehberg
TRThomas Rühmann
Thomas Rühmann
WL
Wolf-Dieter Lingk
HWHorst Weinheimer
Horst Weinheimer

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Ein brauchbarer Mann hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 6, 1989. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.