Overview
In 1914 Berlin, bank heiress Leonore Wahl and struggling Munich student Werner Bertin fall passionately in love, defying class and her parents’ expectations. Their idyll is shattered by the outbreak of WWI: Werner, swept up in patriotic fervor, is conscripted to the Western Front, while Leonore, pregnant and abandoned, faces her family’s condemnation and a clandestine abortion. Set against the tumult of war, the film explores idealism, social divides, and the personal costs of duty and desire.
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme · Fernsehen der DDR
Cast & Characters
Jutta Hoffmann
Leonore Wahl
Klaus Piontek
Werner Bertin
Inge Keller
Mathilde Wahl
Fred Düren
Hugo Wahl
Martin Flörchinger
Markus Wahl
Thomas Wolff
David Wahl
Heidemarie Wenzel
Paula Weber
Erwin Nowiaszak
Sascha
Zofia Rysiówna
Frau Kampfeneder
Elsa Grube-Deister
Frau Pahl
Manfred Krug
Wilhem Pahl
Ruth Kommerell
Bertins Mutter
Directors & Crew
Egon Günther
Writer
Egon Günther
Director
Heinz Kamnitzer
Writer
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