The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
In Annemarie Brinkmann's small German village all the young men are recruited to the front in WWI. When her boyfriend Klaus Renken gets the call they spend their last romantic night together. Time goes by but one day when the pastor announces the names of the fallen villagers: Klaus is among them. Annemarie collapses while the congregation sings a funeral song.
Ratings
TMDB9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Fritz Peter BuchDirector
- Fritz Peter BuchScreenplay
Cast
- Gisela UhlenAnnemarie Brinkmann
- Paul BildtPfarrer Schröder
- Ernst BehmerBriefträger
- Lotte SpiraLeiterin des Wohltätigkeitskomitees
- Victor von ZitzewitzKlaus Renken
- Margarete SchönMutter Renken
- Ilse Rose-VollbornMagda
- Elsa WagnerMutter Brinkmann
- Wilhelm P. KrügerVater Brinkmann
- Gertrud BollLotte, Annemaries Schwester
- Herbert WilkChristopher, Verkäufer
- Hans-Joachim BüttnerHauptmann Brand