Rising to the Bait (1992)
1h 43m
Running Time
April 23, 1992Release Date
Rising to the Bait (1992)
1h 43m
Running Time
April 23, 1992Release Date
Plot.
Protected from the intrigues of con-men by the overwhelming blanket of the former regime in East Germany, at first it seems that Ada Fenske, the elderly widow living on a farm near a soon-to-be abandoned Russian island military base is fair game. The (West) German military intelligence services want to acquire her farm. At first, their agent attempts to buy the property openly, but her refusal to sell motivates him to try far shadier techniques. He comes up with a relative she never knew about who is entitled to a share in the property and tries to blackmail the township's mayor to get his cooperation. However, the hard-working and honest old lady has an ally in the person of her more sophisticated border, a woman who works in the mayor's office and has been to the West. She takes great delight in foiling the underhanded agent.
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Cast & Crew.
Muriel Baumeister
Svetlana
Ben Becker
Funke
Elsa Grube-Deister
Ada Fenske
Rolf Zacher
Zwirner
Wolf-Dietrich Berg
Naujok
Heinz-Werner Kraehkamp
Raschke
Franziska Troegner
Trude
Franz Viehmann
Fiedler
Details.
Release DateApril 23, 1992
Original NameDer Brocken
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Genres
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Wiki.
Rising to the Bait (German: Der Brocken) is a 1992 German comedy film directed by Vadim Glowna. It was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.