After 35 years of military service, Officer Jürgen Drost takes on the job of mayor in the small village where he lived with his mother after World War II. The transition to civilian life comes as more of a shock than he expected, causing him to rethink many aspects of his life.
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Klaus Schleiff
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Annelise Matschulat
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Sabine Wulff
Thea Richter
Horst Hartwig
Claus Dobberke
Elsa Grube-Deister
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Horst Hardt
Siegfried Höchst
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Olle Henry
Gerhard Rosenfeld
Michael Kockro
Thomas Mellenthin
Dieter Mann
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Helga Wardeck
Claus Dobberke Director · Diethardt Schneider Writer Horst Hardt Cinematographer
Budget $125M · First release February 27, 1986 · Produced in Germany, XG
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$125,000,000
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DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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DEFA
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Germany · XG
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Original language
German
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German
Release dates
Germany · February 27, 1986
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No release date listed for United States.
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