Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers, Anton receives a piece and hopes to be able to work freely. But an old debt and intrigue keep Anton and his family from finding peace. The farmers of the village begin to discover their own power when Annegret, Anton's daughter, leaves. Is a new beginning possible for Anton? This film paints an impressive panorama of the development of a minor village in Mecklenburg from the end of the war to the uprising of 17 June 1953.
as Krummer Anton
as Marthe
as Annegret
as estate inspector Bröker
as Kalle Buddenboom
as Christel Sikura
as Jens Voss
as Hede
as Klimm
as old Sikura
as Elisabeth Bröker
as old Sikura
as Wittig
as Ekkehart
as Paderski
as Palm
as man with leather jacket
as Bräuning
as agronomist
as postman
as pastor Popp
as drunk lad
as aunt
as Countess von Holzendorf
as Mrs. Wittig
as Ute Wittig
as Helene Klimm
as Count of Holzendorf
as Mrs. Palm
as Brother-in-law of Bräuning
as old farmer
as Karsten
as farmer Mallmann
as farmer Kanne
as Farmer Weigant
as farmer Einsiedel
as mrs. Paderski
as mrs. Fritsching
as Fritsching
as soviet lieutenant
as maid
as Ollsch Voss
as mrs. Heber
as cook / man on the wheel of fortune
as Magd
as large farmer
as large farmer
as A Lady
as Voigt
as farmer
as farmer
as peasant woman
as peasant woman
as commissioner in civilian clothes
as Annegret's boy
as refugee woman
as refugee woman
as refugee woman
as refugee woman
as refugee woman
