The film consists of four episodes that, when seen together, serve as a contemporary document for the post-war period of 1945 until the end of the 1960s.
Length 127 minutes
Helene Weigel | Hannes Stelzer | Marianne Wünscher | Werner Lierck | Peter Dommisch | Manfred Karge | Günter Drescher | Helga Göring | Willi Schrade | Hans Hardt-Hardtloff | Heidemarie Wenzel | Günter Junghans | Peter Sindermann | Otto Mellies | Wolfgang Kieling | Alfred Müller | Leon Niemczyk | Ekkehard Schall | Martin Trettau | Heinz Behrens | Lutz Erdmann | Sigurd Schulz | Jessy Rameik | Thomas Wolff | Felicitas Ritsch | Renate Heymer | Peter Kalisch | Justus Fritzsche | Roland Holz | Werner Schulz-Wittan | Karl-Richard Schmidt