Film

Sources of Life

2013 · 2h 54m · Drama

IMDb

6.3

This is a family story that covers thirty years in the life of the Freytag family (narrated by the grandson, Robert). When his grandfather returns from Russia in 1949, he becomes part of the German "economic miracle" by producing garden gnomes. Klaus, Robert's father, wants to become a writer. He marries Gisela who almost immediately gets pregnant with Robert - but the marriage doesn't work. Both parents abandon the child, and Robert goes on living with both pairs of grand parents. While his father belongs to the 1968 generation that rebels against their fathers he falls in love with the neighbor's's daughter Laura.

Jürgen Vogel

Erich Freytag

Meret Becker

Elisabeth Freytag

Moritz Bleibtreu

Klaus Freytag

Lavinia Wilson

Gisela Ellers

Kostja Ullmann

Klaus, jung

Sonja Kirchberger

Marie Freytag

Thomas Heinze

Martin Ellers

Margarita Broich

Hildegard Ellers

Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht

Schwarz

Rolf Zacher

Erwin

Heribert Sasse

Ledig-Rowohlt

Steffen Wink

Herr Werner

Marozsán Erika

Frau Werner

Anton Rattinger

Kleptocek

Karoline Teska

Erika Ellers

Eva Bay

Annika

• Oskar RoehlerDirector · Novel · Screenplay
• Klaus RichterScreenplay
• Oliver BerbenProducer
• Stefan ArndtProducer
• Uwe SchottExecutive Producer
• Carl-Friedrich KoschnickDirector of Photography
• Martin TodsharowOriginal Music Composer
• Peter R. AdamEditor

Release date

February 14, 2013

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

2h 54m

Rated

12

Genres

Drama