Reifender Sommer
In 1952, former farmhand Erich Kattner arrives in a Mecklenburg village from West Germany to take on a new farming job, which he had originally planned to do together with his wife. She has died shortly beforehand, and so he finds himself alone with the almost unmanageable work. His predecessor has capitulated, the new house and barn are only half-finished, tree stumps still have to be cleared in the fields and much more besides. He is skeptical of outside help. He asks Thekla, the maid of the richest farmer, whom he met on his first day in the village, to start working for him, but she refuses. When she does start working on Erich's farm after an approach from her "master", he only sees her as a work partner.
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24 people
Willy A. Kleinau
Erich Kattner
Known for
The Captain from Kopenick
Gisela Uhlen
Sabine Gärtner
Known for
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Toto the Hero
Horst Reinecke
Also in
Die Squaw Tschapajews
Ursula Rudzki
Helmut Brandis
Brigitte Krause
Renate
Also in
Ferienheim Bergkristall
Flucht aus der Hölle
Horst E. Brandt
August Hild
Hans-Joachim Martens
Uli Bamberger
Also in
Rottenknechte
Duped Till Doomsday
Hans-Hendrik Wehding
Ilse Langosch
Christa Gottschalk
Also in
Lissy
Zünd an, es kommt die Feuerwehr
Horst Reinecke Director · Helmut Brandis Writer August Hild Author
First release May 7, 1959 · Produced in Germany, XG · Production DEFA
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DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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DEFA
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Germany · XG
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German
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German
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Germany · May 7, 1959
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