The Thorwald family is well-off and contented when a tragedy strikes: the father is killed in an accident. Miss Thorwald takes over the raising of her children, four girls and two boys with the youngest already fifteen years old. She manages to keep them together in spite of the fact that their economic situation deteriorates after World War I. Never one to look too critically upon her brood, the woman undergoes a moving and gradual transformation as the adult activities of her children bring home the fact that none of them are what she had once imagined.
John Olden
Director
Wolfgang Staudte
Director
Christian Schürhoff
Writer
J. B. Priestley
Writer
Answald Krüger
Writer
Maria Matray
Writer
Elisabeth Bergner
Frau Thorwald
Hansjörg Felmy
ihr Sohn Peter
Johanna Matz
ihre Tochter Maria
Dietmar Schönherr
ihr Sohn Martin
Brigitte Grothum
ihre Tochter Helga
Elfriede Irrall
ihre Tochter Erika
Dieter Borsche
Dr. Schaub
Loni von Friedl
Brigitte von Tienitz
Robert Graf
Ernst Bieber
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Holy Lands61%
Finsterworld63%
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The Safety of Objects65%
Most72%
Little Fugitive68%
Skin64%
Mindwalk69%
A Dry White Season67%
All Day and a Night62%
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Paula63%
Little Boy Blue59%
The Road Dance66%
What Maisie Knew71%
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Das Ende der Wahrheit59%
