Berlin, around 1900. Art student Hugo Großmann takes his work lightly and his pleasure seriously! A friend’s warnings do no good. He fails his exams. In the vegetable cellar of the widow Möhring, he finds cheap lodging and, in her daughter Mathilde, the person he needs. Hugo resists her positive influence for a long time. As his affection for the girl grows, so does his ambition. Hugo passes his exams, but then the easy life beckons him once again! Mathilde emerges victorious this time as well: he takes the post of mayor in Woldenstein and makes her his wife. It becomes their shared success to secure a railroad connection for the small town against all odds. At the inauguration, a tragedy claims Hugo’s life.
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Cornelia Froboess
Mathilde Möhring
Known for
Windstorm
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Edda Seippel
Mutter Möhring
Known for
Ödipussi
The Marquise of O
Ernst Jacobi
Hugo Grossmann
Known for
The White Ribbon
Herbert Bötticher
Rybinski
Also in
Ich heirate eine Familie
The Twelve Jurors
Gisela Uhlen
Landrätin
Known for
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Toto the Hero
Hans Deppe
Schultze
Also in
Berlin-Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
The Berliner
Annemarie Hase
Frau Schmädicke
Also in
The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop
...and the Sky Above Us
Hans Mahnke
Baron Goschin
Also in
The Fair
Der doppelte Nikolaus
Claus Peter Witt Director · Ludwig Cremer Writer Theodor Fontane Author
First release February 18, 1968 · Produced in Germany
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Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 18, 1968
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