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In 1959, in a small German village, the annual fair is set up. When a carousel is fixed firmly in the ground, a fair worker discovers a skeleton, a steel helmet, and a machine gun. The skeleton belongs to Robert Mertens, a plain soldier, who deserted in 1944 und flew to his home village. But when he arrived, no one wanted to help him, neither his former friends nor the minister, or even his own parents.Read moreLess
In 1959, in a small German village, the annual fair is set up. When a carousel is fixed firmly in the ground, a fair worker discovers a skeleton, a steel helmet, and a machine gun. The skeleton belongs to Robert Mertens, a plain soldier, who deserted in 1944 und flew to his home village. But when he arrived, no one wanted to help him, neither his former friends nor the minister, or even his own parents.
The story
In 1959, in a small German village, the annual fair is set up. When a carousel is fixed firmly in the ground, a fair worker discovers a skeleton, a steel helmet, and a machine gun. The skeleton belongs to Robert Mertens, a plain soldier, who deserted in 1944 und flew to his home village. But when he arrived, no one wanted to help him, neither his former friends nor the minister, or even his own parents.
Cast & crew
Juliette MaynielAnnette
Götz GeorgeRobert Mertens
Wolfgang ReichmannGeorg Höchert
Manja BehrensMartha Mertens
Erica SchrammEva Schumann
Benno HoffmannCast
Hansi JochmannErikaExplore the crew
- Producer
- Helmut Käutner
- Director of Photography
- Georg Krause
- Producer
- Harald Braun
- Producer
- Wolfgang Staudte
- Director
- Wolfgang Staudte
- Writer
- Wolfgang Staudte
- Editor
- Lilian Seng