In 1989, teacher Wendler and his wife leave the GDR to join his Bavarian uncle. In the West, the line-loyal educator with a whitewashed CV is immediately accepted back into the teaching profession. He advances to become a model Bavarian. Until one day a pupil from bygone GDR days turns up...
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Jürgen Schmidt
Adolf Wendler
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Renate Krößner
Marla Wendler
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Manfred Stelzer
Gerhard Bengsch
Georg Marischka
Ludwig Kattner
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Irm Hermann
Rosl Kattner
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Pierre René Müller
Tommi Gorn
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Wolfgang Winkler
Erwin Gorn
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Christian Grashof
Alwin Siebart
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Werner Zeussel
Herr Ebenfelder
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Egon Biscan
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Alexander Wachholz
Bankchef
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Manfred Stelzer Director · Gerhard Bengsch Screenplay
First release June 28, 1993 · Produced in Germany · Production Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion, ARD
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NDR
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Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion
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ARD
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Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
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Germany
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · June 28, 1993
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No release date listed for United States.
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