In 1914 Berlin, bank heiress Leonore Wahl and struggling Munich student Werner Bertin fall passionately in love, defying class and her parents’ expectations. Their idyll is shattered by the outbreak of WWI: Werner, swept up in patriotic fervor, is conscripted to the Western Front, while Leonore, pregnant and abandoned, faces her family’s condemnation and a clandestine abortion. Set against the tumult of war, the film explores idealism, social divides, and the personal costs of duty and desire.
Jutta Hoffmann
as Leonore Wahl
Klaus Piontek
as Werner Bertin
Inge Keller
as Mathilde Wahl
Fred Düren
as Hugo Wahl
Martin Flörchinger
as Markus Wahl
Thomas Wolff
as David Wahl
Heidemarie Wenzel
as Paula Weber
Erwin Nowiaszak
as Sascha
Zofia Rysiówna
as Frau Kampfeneder
Elsa Grube-Deister
as Frau Pahl
Manfred Krug
as Wilhem Pahl
Ruth Kommerell
as Bertins Mutter
