After WWII, Helene is ready to do anything to start a new life. As a young woman, she came to the exciting Berlin of the roaring 20s, wanting to become a doctor, and soon fell in love with a man named Karl. But the course of her life took a drastic, irreversible turn when the Nazis came into power.
Mala Emde
as Helene
Max von der Groeben
as Wilhelm Semisch
Thomas Prenn
as Karl Wertheimer
Liliane Amuat
as Martha Würsich
Fabienne Elaine Hollwege
as Fanny
Laura Louisa Garde
as Leontine
Eli Wasserscheid
as Selma Würsich
Helena Pieske
as Helene - young
Maria Matschke
as Martha - young
Lilia Herrmann
as Leontine - young
Finjen Kiefer
as Peter - child
Laurids Schürmann
as Peter - teenager
