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86 mins
Post-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.
Christoph Engel
Bernd
Erich Mirek
Zimmermann
Magdalene von Nußbaum
Mother Becker
Elfriede Garden
Jutta, Gerda's girlfriend
Margit Schaumäker
Grete, Gerda's colleague
Wolfgang Hübner
Ernst
Anneliese Grummt
Uschi
Waldemar Jacobi
Father Becker
Karl-Heinz Weiss
Gestapo official
Bruno Atlas-Eising
Gestapo official
Günther Ballier
lecturer
Rolf Bergmann
Announcer at the fashion show
Karl Block
Artisan
Grete Carlsohn
Mrs. Igoleit
Jeanette Decker
Karin
Hermann Dieckhoff
Lecturer
Maika Joseph
sister in the maternity home
Gudrun Jost
Renate (small)
Hans Kammer
dentist
Dieter Kleinschmidt
Berni (larger)
Elke Mantey
Ursel as a child
Christa Mattner
card reader
Roswitha Otto
Renate (larger)
Martin Rensky
non-commissioned officer
Herbert Schmidt
soldier
Rolf Trippler
Berni (small)
Berta Waterstradt
Writer
Erwin Anders
Cinematography
Hildegard Conrad
Editor
Heinz Jahr
Music
Alfred Tolle
Art Direction
Rosemarie Wandelt
Costume Design
Adolf Jansen
Sound