Sources of Life

Sources of Life

174 mins | Drama | Feb. 14, 2013

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.

Sources of Life

174 mins | Drama | Feb. 14, 2013

Sources of Life
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, X Filme Creative Pool, Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARD/Degeto Film, NDR, MOOVIE the art of entertainment GmbH
Original title Quellen des Lebens
Directors Oskar Roehler
Writers Klaus Richter, Oskar Roehler

Cast

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

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

Gregor Bloéb

as Mann in Wien

Thomas Kügel

as Bürgermeister

Patrick Joswig

as Verleger

Dietmar Mössmer

as Komorek

Johannes Rotter

as Verkäufer

Ulrich Schmissat

as Heimleiter