Girls in Gingham

Girls in Gingham

100 mins | Drama, History | July 8, 1949

A moving saga focusing on the women in a family that spans three generations and almost 70 years of German history, from the Wilhelmine period through the end of WWII. This film shows that it takes a combination of hard work, political consciousness and family work in tandem to face the tragedies of war, economic hardship and death.

Girls in Gingham

100 mins | Drama, History | July 8, 1949

Girls in Gingham
A moving saga focusing on the women in a family that spans three generations and almost 70 years of German history, from the Wilhelmine period through the end of WWII. This film shows that it takes a combination of hard work, political consciousness and family work in tandem to face the tragedies of war, economic hardship and death.
Producers DEFA
Original title Die Buntkarierten
Directors Zlata Mehlers, Kurt Maetzig
Writers Berta Waterstradt

Cast

Camilla Spira

as Guste

Werner Hinz

as Paul

Carsta Löck

as Emma

Ursula Diestel

as Frieda

Willi Rose

as Landsturmmann

Herbert Hübner

as Major Markenbrunn

Arno Paulsen

as Schulz

Werner Peters

as Oberleutnant von der Lohe

Walter Gross

as Conferencier

Käte Alving

as Hebamme

Walter Bluhm

as Lewin