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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Jutta HoffmannLeonore Wahl
Klaus PiontekWerner Bertin
Inge KellerMathilde Wahl
Fred DürenHugo Wahl
Martin FlörchingerMarkus Wahl
Thomas WolffDavid Wahl
Heidemarie WenzelPaula Weber
Zofia RysiównaFrau Kampfeneder
Manfred KrugWilhem PahlExplore the crew
- Writer
- Egon Günther
- Director
- Egon Günther
- Writer
- Heinz Kamnitzer
- Editor
- Christa Helwig
- Director of Photography
- Erich Gusko