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Overview

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.

Directed by Joachim Kunert

Top cast

Erika Müller-Fürstenau

Gerda Krause

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Christoph Engel

Bernd

Rolf Moebius

Werner Schneider

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Erich Mirek

Zimmermann

Horst Naumann

Klaus

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Magdalene von Nußbaum

Mother Becker

Erika Dunkelmann

Hanna - Gerda's colleague

Ellen Plessow

Trümmerfrau

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Elfriede Garden

Jutta, Gerda's girlfriend

Hans-Joachim Martens

Jürgen

Gertrud Brendler

Miss Grethmann

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Margit Schaumäker

Grete, Gerda's colleague

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Wolfgang Hübner

Ernst

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Anneliese Grummt

Uschi

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Waldemar Jacobi

Father Becker

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Karl-Heinz Weiss

Gestapo official

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Bruno Atlas-Eising

Gestapo official

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Günther Ballier

lecturer

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Rolf Bergmann

Announcer at the fashion show

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Karl Block

Artisan

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