Film

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1956 · 1h 26m · Drama

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.

Erika Müller-Fürstenau

Gerda Krause

Christoph Engel

Bernd

Rolf Moebius

Werner Schneider

Erich Mirek

Zimmermann

Horst Naumann

Klaus

Magdalene von Nußbaum

Mother Becker

Erika Dunkelmann

Hanna - Gerda's colleague

Ellen Plessow

Trümmerfrau

Elfriede Garden

Jutta, Gerda's girlfriend

Hans-Joachim Martens

Jürgen

Gertrud Brendler

Miss Grethmann

Margit Schaumäker

Grete, Gerda's colleague

Wolfgang Hübner

Ernst

Anneliese Grummt

Uschi

Waldemar Jacobi

Father Becker

Karl-Heinz Weiss

Gestapo official

• Joachim KunertDirector
• Berta WaterstradtWriter
• Hildegard ConradEditor

Release date

March 8, 1956

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Drama