The film depicts the life of the middle-class Kempowski family in Rostock between 1939 and 1945 in great detail and closely following the novel on which it is based. In addition to describing the special events in Walter's life and in the family, there are also repeated depictions of everyday life, such as walks with his father through Rostock, at school and in youth groups, with friends and swing music, at family meals and Christmas celebrations, at church or at the cinema. Father Karl loves cigars from the company "Loeser & Wolff," which always prompts him to say "impeccable, more impeccable, Tadellöser and Wolff" when praising them.
Edda Seippel
Grete Kempowski
Karl Lieffen
Karl Kempowski
Gabriele Michel
Ulla Kempowski
Martin Semmelrogge
Robert Kempowski
Jesper Christensen
Sven Sörensen
Kurt Buecheler
Dr. Paul Krause
Ruth Nimbach
Frau Krause
Martin Rosenstiel
Pastor
Pearson72%
Parenthood74%
12 O'Clock High72%
Brothers and Sisters71%
Holocaust73%
A Small Light79%
Foyle's War78%
The Same Sky64%
Tyler Perry's The Oval81%
A Gentleman in Moscow66%
Hill Street Blues76%
The Crimson Field75%
Greenleaf71%
Walker70%
The Turncoat61%
The Winds of War72%
Charmed72%
Offspring69%
Joan66%
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour82%
