After fleeing from Nazi Germany, Josef and Helen Schwarz arrive in Portugal's capital in 1942, where a ship to America awaits them. But on the evening before the ship departs, Helen dies in the hotel. She had concealed the cancer from her husband so as not to burden their last days together. Deeply affected and disillusioned, Josef is drawn to the port of Lisbon. There he meets a penniless exile to whom he is willing to give the ship's tickets and visas, which have now become worthless to him, if he accompanies him that night and listens to his story.
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Cast
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Martin Benrath
Josef Schwarz
Known for
Stalingrad
From the Life of the Marionettes
Erika Pluhar
Helen
Also in
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
The End Is My Beginning
Zbyněk Brynych
Also in
Angels Who Burn Their Wings
Pět z milionu
Helmut Ringelmann
Robert Stratil
Horst Frank
Georg Jürgens
Known for
The Cat o' Nine Tails
Django, Prepare a Coffin
Peter Thomas
Also in
Speedway Junky
King of the River
Erich Maria Remarque
Known for
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Vadim Glowna
Der Mann
Known for
Les Misérables
Cross of Iron
Wolf Englert
Charles Regnier
Lachmann
Known for
Angelique
Crooks in Clover
Rolf Kästel
Zbyněk Brynych Director · Erich Maria Remarque Author Peter Thomas Composer
First release April 8, 1971 · Produced in Germany
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ZDF
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Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · April 8, 1971
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No release date listed for United States.
Austria
April 9, 1971
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