A retrospective view of the events of the German revolution produced by DEFA-Studio (GDR) in 1958. The revolutionary period lasted from November 1918 until the formal establishment of the Weimar Repub...
Matter, a destitute innkeeper, can no longer afford the medicine for his critically ill wife. When a travelling musician arrives at the inn and boasts about his money he is murdered by Matter. Years l...
Maria Bonde is the object of affection of baron Fedja Bronikow from Sofia, Bulgaria. However, Maria is actually in love with her sister’s fiancé, Martin Steinert, who reciprocates her feelings. Her...
Wanda works at the Garbaty cigarette factory. Her boss, cigarette manufacturer Heinrich Löbel, is smitten. After a rendezvous Wanda asks her boss to marry her but he was hoping for another outcome fo...
The Baltic captain Terje Wiggen works as a pilot on the island of Muhu. When the mate of the ship “Carola” calls in sick, he jumps at the chance of reviving his life as a sailor – against the wi...
The noble family de la Porte lives at castle Medan. After the lost heir August returns unexpectedly, countess Herm, mother-in-law of August’s younger brother Johann, fears for the inheritance of her...
Fashion salesman Amadeus flirts with the secretary when his wife Emma pays him an unexpected visit. She asks for a new coat. He gives her a checkered raincoat from his storage. At home she meets her f...
1914: The assistants of cobbler Lehmann compete for the affections of his daughter Frieda. Actually she’s in love with her ambitious cousin Fritz, but the cunning Franz knows how to charm her. When ...