The television play by Werner Bernhardy depicts episodes from the life of Heinrich Zille as well as his much-praised "Milljöh". It tells of Zille's dismissal from the Berlin Photographic Society, of Kommerzienrat Hübel and his wife, of Zille's unreal, loyal friend Gustav Nogler, in whose role the experiences, attitudes and characteristics of many people from those years were incorporated, and of many other Berlin characters.
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Kurt Böwe
Heinrich Zille
Also in
The Zernik Murder Case
Jadup and Boel
Waltraut Kramm
Hulda Zille
Also in
The Beacon
Die Achatmurmel
Hans Knötzsch
Werner Bernhardy
Hans Teuscher
Gustav Nogler
Also in
Rottenknechte
Die Kids von Berlin
Ursula Karusseit
Lena Nogler
Also in
In All Friendship
Daniel Druskat
Hans-Joachim Hanisch
Hermann Hübler
Also in
Divided Heaven
Lieber guter Weihnachtsmann
Doris Abeßer
Elvira Hübler
Also in
In Love and Previously Convicted
September Love
Karin Schröder
Radieschen
Also in
Ach, du fröhliche
The Small White Mouse
Gerd Ehlers
Also in
Ways across the Country
The Green Monster
Volkmar Kleinert
Dr. Ödmann
Known for
The Lives of Others
Lara
Walter Lendrich
Also in
Mensch, Oma
Rottenknechte
Hans Knötzsch Director · Werner Bernhardy Writer Ursula Arnold Cinematographer
First release August 5, 1979 · Produced in XG · Production Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF)
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Fernsehen der DDR
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Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF)
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XG
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Original language
German
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German
Release dates
Germany · August 5, 1979
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