
In 1914 Berlin, bank heiress Leonore Wahl and struggling Munich student Werner Bertin fall passionately in love, defying class and her parents’ expectations. Their idyll is shattered by the outbreak of WWI: Werner, swept up in patriotic fervor, is conscripted to the Western Front, while Leonore, pregnant and abandoned, faces her family’s condemnation and a clandestine abortion. Set against the tumult of war, the film explores idealism, social divides, and the personal costs of duty and desire.
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Cast

Jutta Hoffmann
Leonore Wahl

Klaus Piontek
Werner Bertin

Inge Keller
Mathilde Wahl

Fred Düren
Hugo Wahl

Martin Flörchinger
Markus Wahl

Thomas Wolff
David Wahl

Heidemarie Wenzel
Paula Weber
Erwin Nowiaszak
Sascha

Zofia Rysiówna
Frau Kampfeneder
Elsa Grube-Deister
Frau Pahl

Manfred Krug
Wilhem Pahl
Ruth Kommerell
Bertins Mutter
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