Günther Simon

Der unter dem Tarnnamen "Wismutbergbau" betriebene Uranbergbau der SDAG Wismut führt im Erzgebirge zahlreiche Menschen mit unterschiedlichstem Charakter auf engem Raum zusammen. Dazu zählen auch die beiden Frauen Lotte und Emmi aus Berlin, die bei einer dortigen Razzia aufgegriffen wurden und sich nun im Bergbau bewähren sollen.[...] (de.wikipedia.org)

The film begins in the first days of November 1918 on the western front. News comes to the soldiers of a revolutionary uprising in Kiel. Young Thälmann, a soldier against his will, would like to join the expanding conflict on the side of his comrades in Hamburg. As the revolution becomes threatened by the betrayal of the Social Democrats and the splintering of the working class, he nevertheless tries unremittingly to unite the workers.

Adam receives a flashlight with special powers: every liar it shines on flies into the air. Production was canceled in 1965 due to the film's political content. Only in 1989/90 could the director reconstruct the film, where missing sounds and images are replaced with script inserts. (imdb)