Our Daily Bread

Our Daily Bread

105 mins | Drama | Nov. 4, 1949

A story about a family after the Second World War. The petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber of Berlin observes from a distance how his son Ernst participates in the building of a new socialist society. Karl does not understand Ernst's visions, instead he confides in his other son Harry. However, Harry becomes involved in illicit business and Karl quickly realizes that it would be best to join his son Ernst in the citizen-owned factory.

Our Daily Bread

105 mins | Drama | Nov. 4, 1949

Our Daily Bread
A story about a family after the Second World War. The petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber of Berlin observes from a distance how his son Ernst participates in the building of a new socialist society. Karl does not understand Ernst's visions, instead he confides in his other son Harry. However, Harry becomes involved in illicit business and Karl quickly realizes that it would be best to join his son Ernst in the citizen-owned factory.
Producers DEFA
Original title Unser täglich Brot
Directors Slatan Dudow
Writers Ludwig Turek, Hans Joachim Beyer, Slatan Dudow

Cast

Paul Bildt

as Karl Webers

Harry Hindemith

as Ernst Webers

Paul Edwin Roth

as Harry Webers

Viktoria von Ballasko

as Martha, Harry Webers zweite Frau

Inge Landgut

as Inge Webers

Erna Sellmer

as Bäckersfrau

Walter Gross

as 1. Skeptiker

Herbert Weißbach

as 2. Skeptiker

Alfred Balthoff

as Fachingenieur Bergstetter