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1956Post-war Germany: Like so many other women, Gerda Krause has lost her husband during the war and has to fend for herself and her two children. She finds work as a seamstress but refuses the offering of her department chief Zimmermann to upgrade her qualifications. One day she meets Uschi, an old friend of hers, whom she has helped with schoolwork before the war and subsequently lost track of. The reunion reminds Gerda of her childhood dream: to become a teacher. Thus, she decides to enroll at university to make her dream come true.
Acted in
Erika Müller-Fürstenau
as Gerda Krause
Christoph Engel
as Bernd
Rolf Moebius
as Werner Schneider
Erich Mirek
as Zimmermann
Horst Naumann
as Klaus
Magdalene von Nußbaum
as Mother Becker
Erika Dunkelmann
as Hanna - Gerda's colleague
Ellen Plessow
as Trümmerfrau
Elfriede Garden
as Jutta, Gerda's girlfriend
Hans-Joachim Martens
as Jürgen
Gertrud Brendler
as Miss Grethmann
Margit Schaumäker
as Grete, Gerda's colleague
Wolfgang Hübner
as Ernst
Anneliese Grummt
as Uschi
Waldemar Jacobi
as Father Becker
Karl-Heinz Weiss
as Gestapo official
Bruno Atlas-Eising
as Gestapo official
Günther Ballier
as lecturer
Rolf Bergmann
as Announcer at the fashion show
Karl Block
as Artisan
Trude Brentina
as old sister
Grete Carlsohn
as Mrs. Igoleit
Jeanette Decker
as Karin
Hermann Dieckhoff
as Lecturer
Hans Hildebrandt
Maika Joseph
as sister in the maternity home
Gudrun Jost
as Renate (small)
Hans Kammer
as dentist
Dieter Kleinschmidt
as Berni (larger)
Elke Mantey
as Ursel as a child
Christa Mattner
as card reader
Roswitha Otto
as Renate (larger)
Martin Rensky
as non-commissioned officer
Herbert Schmidt
as soldier
Rolf Trippler
as Berni (small)