
Post-war Germany: Like so many other women, Gerda Krause has lost her husband during the war and has to fend for herself and her two children. She finds work as a seamstress but refuses the offering of her department chief Zimmermann to upgrade her qualifications. One day she meets Uschi, an old friend of hers, whom she has helped with schoolwork before the war and subsequently lost track of. The reunion reminds Gerda of her childhood dream: to become a teacher. Thus, she decides to enroll at university to make her dream come true.

as Gerda Krause

as Bernd

as Werner Schneider

as Zimmermann

as Klaus

as Mother Becker

as Hanna - Gerda's colleague

as Trümmerfrau

as Jutta, Gerda's girlfriend

as Jürgen

as Miss Grethmann

as Grete, Gerda's colleague

as Ernst

as Uschi

as Father Becker

as Gestapo official

as Gestapo official

as lecturer

as Announcer at the fashion show

as Artisan

as old sister

as Mrs. Igoleit

as Karin

as Lecturer


as sister in the maternity home

as Renate (small)

as dentist

as Berni (larger)

as Ursel as a child

as card reader

as Renate (larger)

as non-commissioned officer

as soldier

as Berni (small)