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6.1
174 minutes
2/14/2013
Overview
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.
Cast List
Jürgen Vogel
as Erich Freytag
Meret Becker
as Elisabeth Freytag
Moritz Bleibtreu
as Klaus Freytag
Lavinia Wilson
as Gisela Ellers
Kostja Ullmann
as Klaus, jung
Sonja Kirchberger
as Marie Freytag
Thomas Heinze
as Martin Ellers
Margarita Broich
as Hildegard Ellers
Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht
as Schwarz
Rolf Zacher
as Erwin
Heribert Sasse
as Ledig-Rowohlt
Steffen Wink
as Herr Werner
Erika Marozsán
as Frau Werner
Anton Rattinger
as Kleptocek
Karoline Teska
as Erika Ellers
Eva Bay
as Annika
Lisa Smit
as Laura
Michael Rast
as Marcel Reich-Ranitzki
Markus Böttcher
as Enzensberger
Armin Dillenberger
as Grenzbeamter
Daniel Drewes
as Kritiker
Thomas Goritzki
as H.W. Richter
Anne Wallis de Vries
as Rothaarige / Italien
Gregor Bloéb
as Mann in Wien
Thomas Kügel
as Mayor
Patrick Joswig
as Verleger
Dietmar Mössmer
as Komorek
Johannes Rotter
as Verkäufer
Ulrich Schmissat
as Heimleiter