Distinguishing marks: none

Distinguishing marks: none

86 mins | Drama | March 8, 1956

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.

Distinguishing marks: none

86 mins | Drama | March 8, 1956

Distinguishing marks: none
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.
Producers DEFA
Original title Besondere Kennzeichen: keine
Directors Joachim Kunert
Writers Berta Waterstradt

Cast

Erika Müller-Fürstenau

as Gerda Krause

Christoph Engel

as Bernd

Rolf Moebius

as Werner Schneider

Erich Mirek

as Zimmermann

Horst Naumann

as Klaus

Magdalene von Nußbaum

as Mother Becker

Erika Dunkelmann

as Hanna - Gerda's colleague

Ellen Plessow

as Trümmerfrau

Elfriede Garden

as Jutta, Gerda's girlfriend

Gertrud Brendler

as Miss Grethmann

Margit Schaumäker

as Grete, Gerda's colleague

Wolfgang Hübner

as Ernst

Anneliese Grummt

as Uschi

Waldemar Jacobi

as Father Becker

Karl-Heinz Weiss

as Gestapo official

Bruno Atlas-Eising

as Gestapo official

Günther Ballier

as lecturer

Rolf Bergmann

as Announcer at the fashion show

Karl Block

as Artisan

Trude Brentina

as old sister

Grete Carlsohn

as Mrs. Igoleit

Jeanette Decker

as Karin

Hermann Dieckhoff

as Lecturer

Maika Joseph

as sister in the maternity home

Gudrun Jost

as Renate (small)

Hans Kammer

as dentist

Dieter Kleinschmidt

as Berni (larger)

Elke Mantey

as Ursel as a child

Christa Mattner

as card reader

Roswitha Otto

as Renate (larger)

Martin Rensky

as non-commissioned officer

Herbert Schmidt

as soldier

Rolf Trippler

as Berni (small)