After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; how his enthusiasm about his new chemical process turned to bitter disappointment in the face of official rejection; how he escaped to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built and hoped that she would follow him …
Cast
Lissy Tempelhof
Narrator
Werner Eberlein
Narrator
Renate Blume
Rita Seidel
Eberhard Esche
Manfred Herrfurth
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Rolf Meternagel
Hilmar Thate
Wendland
Martin Flörchinger
Herr Herrfurth
Erika Pelikowsky
Frau Herrfurth
Günter Grabbert
Ernst Schwarzenbach
Agnes Kraus
Frau Meternagel
Hilmar Baumann
Unknown
Paul Berndt
Melcher
Horst Jonischkan
Martin Jung
Petra Kelling
Sigrid
Horst Weinheimer
Ermisch
Hans-Joachim Hanisch
Kuhl
Christoph Engel
Liebentrau
Uwe Detlef Jessen
Mangold
Erik Veldre
Schwabe
Otto Lang
Professor
Lothar Bellag
Dr. Seiffert
Dorothea Volk
Ritas Mutter
Waltraut Kramm
Frau Schwarzenbach
Angela Brunner
Unknown
Peter Herden
Unknown
Heinz Hellmich
Doctor
Fredy Barten
Kneipenwirt
Crew
Konrad Wolf
Director, Screenplay
Willi Brückner
Script Editor, Screenplay
Gerhard Wolf
Screenplay
Christa Wolf
Screenplay, Novel
Kurt Barthel
Screenplay, Assistant Director
Helga Krause
Editor
Werner Bergmann
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Peter Süring
Assistant Camera
Peter Schlaak
Assistant Camera
Dorit Gründel
Costumer
Otto Banse
Makeup Artist
Konrad Walle
Sound
Hans-Dieter Hosalla
Music
Alfred Hirschmeier
Decorator, Graphic Designer
Hans-Joachim Funk
Production Manager
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