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Spur der Steine

Original title: Trace of Stones

“Anarchy in socialism.”

1966 · 2 h 19 min
Directed by Frank Beyer
ComedyDramaRomance

Cast

Manfred Krug Krystyna Stypulkowska Jutta Hoffmann Eberhard Esche Johannes Wieke Walter Richter-Reinick

Credits

Written by: Erik Neutsch

Plot

In 1960s East Germany, a charismatic construction-brigade leader clashes with the Party and a new engineer, in a drama of socialist reality that was banned after a few days.

Sinekatalog’s take

A frank, long-banned East German film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (1,102 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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