Overview
A story about a family after the Second World War. The petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber of Berlin observes from a distance how his son Ernst participates in the building of a new socialist society. Karl does not understand Ernst's visions, instead he confides in his other son Harry. However, Harry becomes involved in illicit business and Karl quickly realizes that it would be best to join his son Ernst in the citizen-owned factory.
Director and cast
- Slatan Dudow Director
- Paul Bildt as Karl Webers
- Harry Hindemith as Ernst Webers
- Paul Edwin Roth as Harry Webers
- Viktoria von Ballasko as Martha, Harry Webers zweite Frau
- Inge Landgut as Inge Webers
- Erna Sellmer as Bäckersfrau
- Walter Gross as 1. Skeptiker
- Herbert Weißbach as 2. Skeptiker
- Alfred Balthoff as Fachingenieur Bergstetter
- Siegmar Schneider as Peter Struwe
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