On June 17, 1953, there was an outrageous action between the Elbe and the Oder: the people in the GDR refused obedience to their political leadership. The story takes place in Bitterfeld and tells the story of a family involved in the political events around 17 June.
Peter Sodann
as Alfred Mannschatz
Thekla Carola Wied
as Hertha Mannschatz
Wotan Wilke Möhring
as Hartmut Brücken
Franziska Petri
as Claudia Brücken
Hans Peter Hallwachs
as Bruno Pfefferkorn
Ludwig Blochberger
as Jugendlicher
Bruno F. Apitz
as Harald Bietrich
Günter Kurze
as Postbeamter
Franz Sodann
as Heinz
Ernst-Georg Schwill
as