Overview
In 1930s Berlin, a woman’s life unravels as her unemployed husband succumbs to Nazi propaganda and joins the Storm Troopers, while her brother's anti-Nazi stance leads to his death, prompting her to confront her beliefs and make a risky choice.
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Setting
Set in Berlin
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Music
Music by Joachim Werzlau
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Werner Bergmann
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Alex WeddingWriter
- Konrad WolfWriter
- Franz Carl WeiskopfNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 29, 1957
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
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Cast
Sonja SutterLiesbeth 'Lissy' Frohmeyer
Horst DrindaAlfred Frohmeyer
Gerhard BienertVater Schröder
Hans-Peter MinettiPaul Schröder
Kurt OligmüllerKaczmierczik- Else WolzMutter Schröder
Raimund SchelcherMax Franke- Christa GottschalkToni Franke
Mathilde DaneggerSprecherin- Horst FriedrichWarnke
Annemarie HaseFrau Kaluweit
Willi SchwabeKassierer Gold- Gerd Michael HennebergStaudinger
Erich NadlerFrankes Nachbar- Walter E. FußMixer
- Axel TriebelFrohmeyers Hauswirt
- Wilhelm GröhlGeschäftsführer
Gerhard RacholdJunger SA-Mann- Rolf RippergerFrohmeyers Kollege
- Otto StüblerDirektor Hoppe
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