
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.
Heinrich George / Himself

Berta Drews

Oberleutnant Bibler

Joseph Goebbels

Helmut Maurer

Margot Hanke

Paul Wegener

Max Beckmann

Prinzessin Natalie
Will Quadflieg
Robert Müller
Anneliese Uhlig

Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur

Maria

Erich Konstantin

Wilhelm Fraenger

Jan George
Götz George
Günter Weisenborn

Himself
Herself

Himself

Herself
Herself
Himself
Herself
Himself
Himself
Himself
Major Sternberg
Horst Caspar
US Soldier
Maid
Russian Soldier

Walter Felsenstein
Georg
Gestapo-Man
Prisoner

German

Schmyrjow

Secretary