152 minutes
1/17/1970
In 1914 Berlin, bank heiress Leonore Wahl and struggling Munich student Werner Bertin fall passionately in love, defying class and her parents’ expectations. Their idyll is shattered by the outbreak of WWI: Werner, swept up in patriotic fervor, is conscripted to the Western Front, while Leonore, pregnant and abandoned, faces her family’s condemnation and a clandestine abortion. Set against the tumult of war, the film explores idealism, social divides, and the personal costs of duty and desire.
Jutta Hoffmann
as Leonore Wahl
Klaus Piontek
as Werner Bertin
Inge Keller
as Mathilde Wahl
Fred Düren
as Hugo Wahl
Martin Flörchinger
as Markus Wahl
Thomas Wolff
as David Wahl
Heidemarie Wenzel
as Paula Weber
Erwin Nowiaszak
as Sascha
Zofia Rysiówna
as Frau Kampfeneder
Elsa Grube-Deister
as Frau Pahl
Manfred Krug
as Wilhem Pahl
Ruth Kommerell
as Bertins Mutter
Johannes Wieke
as Bertins Vater
Norbert Christian
as Schilles
Jürgen Holtz
as Schieffenzahn
Tessy Fehring-Bortfeld
Winfried Glatzeder
as Wintrich
Friedrich Teitge
Carmen-Maja Antoni
as Schwester Mieze
Fred Delmare
as Gefreiter Diel
Gerry Wolff
as Dr. Lederer
Angela Brunner
Kurt Kachlicki
Otto Busse
Sepp Klose
Heinz Laggies
Walter Lendrich
Wolfgang Pampel
Horst Papke
Maria Rouvel
Willi Schwabe
Kurt Sperling
Jan Spitzer
Ernst Steiner
Hanna Rieger
Günter Sonnenberg
Wolfgang Greese
Rolf Ripperger
Lothar Förster
Rosa Lotze
Ilse Bastubbe
Otto-Erich Edenharter