The Smooth Career (German: Der sanfte Lauf) is a 1967 West German drama film directed by Haro Senft and starring Bruno Ganz, Verena Buss and Wolfgang Büttner. It was the first film produced by the Munich-based section of the New German Cinema movement.
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Synopsis
An engineer Bernhard Kral meets and marries Johanna and enjoys success during the laterstages of the economic miracle in Bavaria but is frustrated by how much he owes to his domineering father-in-law.
Cast
Bruno Ganz as Bernhard Kral
Verena Buss as Johanna Benedikt
Wolfgang Büttner as Richard Benedikt
Lia Eibenschütz as Gertrud Benedikt
Hans Putz as Wolf Kamper
Dany Mann as Susanne Kamper
Jan Kačer as Stefan
Nina Divíšková as Věra
Vladimír Hlavatý as Prof. König
Peter Höfer as Alfred Reichert
Rolf Ederer as Direktor Burckhardt
Ralf Gregan as Joe Vielhaber
Lutz Hochstraate as Klaus