Jahrgang 21 (1958)
Jahrgang 21 (1958)
At the beginning of the Second World War, Czech music student Honsik comes to Germany from Prague to join a "foreign worker company". After rescuing a boy from the rubble of a bombed-out house, he himself is seriously injured and taken to a hospital in Stralsund. There he is regarded as a second-class citizen and the Germans are preferred to him. Nurse Käthe stands up for him, cares for him and defies all prohibitions. A love affair is kindled between the two, but it is not under a good star. Honsik tries to flee to his homeland with his comrades and Käthe supports him. At the last moment, however, Honsik realizes that his love for Käthe is stronger than his homesickness and makes his way back. Once back home, he can only watch as Käthe is arrested by the Gestapo. With the help of a resistance fighter, the young man from Prague manages to escape after all.

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At the beginning of the Second World War, Czech music student Honsik comes to Germany from Prague to join a "foreign worker company". After rescuing a boy from the rubble of a bombed-out house, he himself is seriously injured and taken to a hospital in Stralsund. There he is regarded as a second-class citizen and the Germans are preferred to him. Nurse Käthe stands up for him, cares for him and defies all prohibitions. A love affair is kindled between the two, but it is not under a good star. Honsik tries to flee to his homeland with his comrades and Käthe supports him. At the last moment, however, Honsik realizes that his love for Käthe is stronger than his homesickness and makes his way back. Once back home, he can only watch as Käthe is arrested by the Gestapo. With the help of a resistance fighter, the young man from Prague manages to escape after all.


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Details

Genres: Drama

Language: Deutsch

Release Date: 28 February 1958

Country: XC, XG

Runtime: 97m

Company Credits

Company: Filmové studio Barrandov, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

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Cast

Directed By

René Mattes

René Mattes

Assistant Director

Wanda Fritsch

Wanda Fritsch

Assistant Director

Jaroslava Koudelová

Jaroslava Koudelová

Assistant Director

Václav Gajer

Václav Gajer

Director

Jiří Mikeťuk

Jiří Mikeťuk

First Assistant Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Adolf Fischer

Adolf Fischer

Production Manager

Bohumil Šmída

Bohumil Šmída

Executive Producer

Václav Rouha

Václav Rouha

Unit Production Manager

Zdeněk Oves

Zdeněk Oves

Production Manager

Fritz Brix

Fritz Brix

Unit Production Manager

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Miloslav Jandera

Miloslav Jandera

Makeup & Hair

Ingeborg Wilfert

Ingeborg Wilfert

Costumer

Jan Valkoun

Jan Valkoun

Makeup & Hair

Marie Jindrová

Marie Jindrová

Costumer

Ruth Sasse

Ruth Sasse

Makeup & Hair

Sound

Jiří Srnka

Jiří Srnka

Original Music Composer

František Belfín

František Belfín

Conductor

Kurt Eppers

Kurt Eppers

Sound

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Vladimír Malík

Vladimír Malík

Camera Operator

Günter Haubold

Günter Haubold

Camera Operator

Jan Kališ

Jan Kališ

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Karel Lier

Karel Lier

Production Design

Fritz Stemmer

Fritz Stemmer

Set Decoration

Herbert Nitzschke

Herbert Nitzschke

Production Design

Jiří Rulík

Jiří Rulík

Set Decoration

Other Crew

Ernst Kunstmann

Ernst Kunstmann

Special Effects

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