Synopsis
Post-war Germany in 1946 while people are struggling to make ends meet, the film follows Hermann, a war veteran who finds employment at a train station. As he falls in love with an agricultural worker and starts comitting thefts, his fragile psyche seems to fall more and more out of balance.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Uwe JansonDirector
Cast
- Peter CieslinskiHermann
- Barbara AuerMarie
- Helen De LonLotte
- Michael DickKarl
- Adolf LaimböckFriedrich
- Julia LindigLisa
- Tilo PrücknerHeindl
- Ernst StrachwitzLeo
- Michaela WolkoCarla
- Heiner StadelmannDr. Stamm
- Dieter JungPoliceman No.1
- Hartmut SchorriesPoliceman No.2
Themes
post war germanypost war lifepost-war years