Overview

In 1952, former farmhand Erich Kattner arrives in a Mecklenburg village from West Germany to take on a new farming job, which he had originally planned to do together with his wife. She has died shortly beforehand, and so he finds himself alone with the almost unmanageable work. His predecessor has capitulated, the new house and barn are only half-finished, tree stumps still have to be cleared in the fields and much more besides. He is skeptical of outside help. He asks Thekla, the maid of the richest farmer, whom he met on his first day in the village, to start working for him, but she refuses. When she does start working on Erich's farm after an approach from her "master", he only sees her as a work partner.

Top Cast

Willy A. Kleinau

Erich Kattner

Gisela Uhlen

Sabine Gärtner

Brigitte Krause

Renate

Hans-Joachim Martens

Uli Bamberger

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Christa Gottschalk

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Otto Stübler

Hans Klering

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Otto Krone

Hans-Joachim Büttner

Paul R. Henker

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Maika Joseph

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Gustav Trombke