Overview

1949. Grafenberg in Brandenburg shortly before the foundation of the GDR. Here lives Michel Hollmann and works in roadmaking. His purpose in life are his wife Lotte and the two children Gerda and Heinz, for whom he is reconstructing a summerhouse into a “nest”. In Grafenberg, his siblings are living as well: His brother Karl, the mayor, and sister-in-law Edith, who works in a textile factory, with their son Jürgen. Edeltraut, his sister, has married the lamp fabricant Berthold Bennert and leads a well-off life. They as well have a son: Harald. Part of the family are further sister Hanna and brother-in-law Hermann, who is a fisherman on one of the local lakes and conducts a tenacious private war against old Stegewald and his presumptive prince-electoral rights. They are living their lives with their large and small conflicts, with different intentions, and yet remain connected always.

Top Cast

Alfred Müller

Michel Hollmann

Walfriede Schmitt

Lotte Hollmann

Regine Heintze

Tochter Gerda als Erwachsene

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Birgit Raatz

Tochter Gerda als Kind

Detlef Gieß

Heinz, ihr Sohn

Günter Naumann

Karl Hollmann

Heide Kipp

Edith

Walter Plathe

Jürgen

Hans Teuscher

Berthold Brennert

Karin Gregorek

Edeltraut Brennert

Ulrich Anschütz

Harald, ihr Sohn