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Cast

Eva Mattes

Eva Mattes

Helene

Ernst Jacobi

Ernst Jacobi

Hans

Elisabeth Stepanek

Elisabeth Stepanek

Hanne

Angelika Thomas

Angelika Thomas

Lydia

Rainer Friedrichsen

Rainer Friedrichsen

Ulrich

Fritz Lichtenhahn

Fritz Lichtenhahn

Onkel Bertrand

Crew

Helma Sanders-Brahms

Helma Sanders-Brahms

Director

Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

Poem

Helma Sanders-Brahms

Helma Sanders-Brahms

Writer

Volker Canaris

Volker Canaris

Producer

Walter Höllerer

Walter Höllerer

Producer

Helma Sanders-Brahms

Helma Sanders-Brahms

Producer

Jürgen Jürges

Jürgen Jürges

Director of Photography

Uta Periginelli

Uta Periginelli

Editor

Elfie Tillack

Elfie Tillack

Editor

Götz Heymann

Götz Heymann

Production Design

Janken Janssen

Janken Janssen

Costume Design

Berthold Sack

Berthold Sack

Makeup Artist

Barbara Telg-Tebbe

Barbara Telg-Tebbe

Makeup Artist

Fritz Poppenberg

Fritz Poppenberg

Unit Production Manager

Jürgen Knieper

Jürgen Knieper

Original Music Composer

Renée Gundelach

Renée Gundelach

Consulting Producer

Ursula Ludwig

Ursula Ludwig

Executive Producer

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Germany Pale Mother

19806.9 / 10151 min
Drama

Overview

Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. The house is destroyed and Lene and Anna moves in with relatives in Berlin. Hans survives the war but he is not the same person as in 1939, and he and Lene find it difficult to live together again.