The love story between a German cancer researcher and her Polish colleague that drags on for more than ten years. Both are married, which rules out marriage, but fuels their passion, as they only see each other a few days a year at medical congresses.
Cast

Hannelore Elsner
Dr. Renate Winter

Krystyna Janda
Katzka Widuchowski

Rolf von Sydow
Professor

Péter Andorai
Jan Widuchowski

Danuta Szaflarska
Polnische Professorin
Johanna Elbauer
Barbara

Piotr Garlicki
Unknown

Tadeusz Borowski
Unknown

Andrzej Chrzanowski
Unknown
Norbert Langer
Deutscher Narrator (voice)
Andreas Briegel
Dr. Werner Ewald
Friedl Stasny
Unknown
Angela Jaffé
Annette Ewald, Renates Kind
Klaus Kreklau
Unknown
Rolf-Peter Kusatz
Unknown
Crew

István Szabó
Director, Writer
Eva-Maria Grohmann
Editor

Lajos Koltai
Director of Photography
Angela Petrik
Assistant Director

Manfred Durniok
Executive Producer

Rolf von Sydow
Producer
Antje Petersen
Costume Design, Art Direction
Jochen Schwarzat
Sound
Georg Restel
Production Manager

Jerzy Rutowicz
Production Manager
Klaus Michael Kühn
Production Manager