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Story

Synopsis

A story about a family after the Second World War. The petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber of Berlin observes from a distance how his son Ernst participates in the building of a new socialist society. Karl does not understand Ernst's visions, instead he confides in his other son Harry. However, Harry becomes involved in illicit business and Karl quickly realizes that it would be best to join his son Ernst in the citizen-owned factory.

Director

Slatan Dudow

Writers

Hans Joachim Beyer, Slatan Dudow, Ludwig Turek

Language

German

Country

East Germany

Release date

4 November 1949

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Paul Bildt

  Karl Webers

• 

  Harry Hindemith

  Ernst Webers

• 

  Paul Edwin Roth

  Harry Webers

• 

  Viktoria von Ballasko

  Martha, Harry Webers zweite Frau

• 

  Inge Landgut

  Inge Webers

• 

  Erna Sellmer

  Bäckersfrau

• 

  Walter Gross

  1. Skeptiker

• Herbert Weißbach

  2. Skeptiker

• 

  Alfred Balthoff

  Fachingenieur Bergstetter

• Siegmar Schneider

  Peter Struwe

• 

  Ina Halley

  Niki

• Angelika Hurwicz

  Ilse