Plot Summary

Berlin in the 1930s - Adolf Hitler comes to power, communists and social democrats are persecuted, books are burned and Jewish citizens are ostracized. The outwardly shiny façade of Berlin, the capital of the Reich, reveals nothing of the unequal struggle of young people against the increasing oppression...

Movie Details

Original Title
Die erste Reihe
Status
released
Original Language
de

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Cast

Ulrich Mühe as Rudolf Schwarz

Ulrich Mühe

Rudolf Schwarz

Walter Plathe as Willi Gall

Walter Plathe

Willi Gall

Dagmar Manzel as Anna

Dagmar Manzel

Anna

Jenny Gröllmann as Elsbeth

Jenny Gröllmann

Elsbeth

Peter Sodann as Otto Nelte

Peter Sodann

Otto Nelte

Johanna Schall as Lilo Herrmann

Johanna Schall

Lilo Herrmann

Janina Hartwig as Kurts Frau

Janina Hartwig

Kurts Frau

Christian Grashof as Vernehmer

Christian Grashof

Vernehmer

Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss as Interbrigadist

Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss

Interbrigadist

Peter Kalisch as Hausmeister

Peter Kalisch

Hausmeister

Daniel Minetti as Pfarrer

Daniel Minetti

Pfarrer

Gisela Morgen as Oma Kapelle

Gisela Morgen

Oma Kapelle

Katja Paryla as Mutter Herrmann

Katja Paryla

Mutter Herrmann

Johannes Terne as

Johannes Terne

Roman Kaminski as

Roman Kaminski

Christine Schorn as

Christine Schorn

Jutta Deutschland as

Jutta Deutschland

Dieter Mann as

Dieter Mann

Reimar Johannes Baur as

Reimar Johannes Baur

Silke Matthias as

Silke Matthias

Production Companies

Fernsehen der DDR logoFernsehen der DDR
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