Plot Summary
Karoline Gluth is approaching forty, has an 18-year-old son who is studying and is therefore independent. She decides to start a new life and says goodbye to the family inn on the island of Rügen, where she earned a good living as a cook. She buys a little house on the outskirts of Berlin - based on a photo. The reality, however, looks less favourable than the picture. The house is close to collapse and has an illegal occupant, Christian. She evicts him, but he helps her through the jungle of organising tradesmen and materials. In the process, she meets construction brigadier Herbert Kotbuß, clashes with him - and impresses him. Karoline struggles through, the money runs out, she even has to sell her car, and in the end the house is still pretty much a patchwork. But she has realised her ambition for herself - a new independent life begins.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Dach überm Kopf
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- de
Where to watch free (US)
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Cast
Renate Geißler
Karoline Gluth
Dieter Franke
Udo Schenk
Christian von der Weide
Erika Dunkelmann
Else Gluth
Helga Raumer
Bärbel Bolle
Helmut Bez
Wolfgang Dehler
Gudrun Ritter
Erste Küchenfrau
Karin Schröder
Wolfgang Lohse
Manfred Richter
Wolfgang Winkler
Jochen
Hans-Joachim Hanisch
Willi Neuenhahn
Klaus Tilsner
Thomas Neumann
Erster Handwerker
Hans-Edgar Stecher
Harry Merkel
Genosse Minister
Eberhardt Wintzen
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
