
After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; how his enthusiasm about his new chemical process turned to bitter disappointment in the face of official rejection; how he escaped to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built and hoped that she would follow him …
Narrator

Narrator
Rita Seidel

Manfred Herrfurth

Rolf Meternagel

Wendland

Herr Herrfurth

Frau Herrfurth

Ernst Schwarzenbach

Frau Meternagel

Unknown Role

Melcher

Martin Jung

Sigrid

Ermisch

Kuhl

Liebentrau
Mangold

Schwabe

Professor
Dr. Seiffert
Ritas Mutter
Frau Schwarzenbach

Unknown Role

Unknown Role

Doctor
Kneipenwirt