The Years Pass
7.8
The successful shipowner Georg Behrendsen and his wife Irene are coming from South America to Germany for business. While negotiating in the home of senator Kersten, the senator's son Wilhelm (Werner Fuetterer) is taking care of Irene Behrendsen. The two fall in love with each other and decide to marry after Irene's divorce from her husband. But the old senator forces his son to decide whether to marry Irene or to become head of the shipping company. Not to break the family tradition, Wilhelm decides against the marriage. Irene, full of hatred against the senator, goes back to her husband. 25 years later. The senator is still head of the shipping company, because Wilhelm was killed in the war. He concentrates his love now on his daughter Victoria and he can't refuse any wish of her. Some day she tells him that she has been falling in love with a young german guy from overseas called Peter Behrendsen, not knowing that he is the son of the women who hates the senator the most.
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Cast
27 people
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Frau Irene Behrendsen
Also in
I Accuse
Die Geierwally
Carl Kuhlmann
Senator Ferdinand Kersten
Also in
The Rothschilds
Mann für Mann
Erich Ebermayer
Günther Rittau
Wolfgang Zeller
Herbert Engelsing
Werner Fuetterer
Wilhelm Kersten, dessen Sohn
Known for
Faust
Friedl Behn-Grund
Richard Nicolas
Walter Zeiske
Agnes Windeck
Fau Mathilde Kersten
Known for
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Ilse Voigt
Also in
The Rabbit Is Me
Gritta of the Rats' Castle
Günther Rittau Director · Richard Nicolas Writer Erich Ebermayer Writer
First release January 26, 1945 · Produced in Germany · Working title Der Senator
Production
Tobis Filmkunst
Production
Germany
Produced in
Der Senator
Working title
Languages
Original title
Die Jahre vergehen
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
XC · January 26, 1945
Theatrical
Germany · February 6, 1945
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
August 9, 1946
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