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Content: In 1952, former farmhand Erich Kattner arrives in a Mecklenburg village from West Germany to take on a new farming job, which he had originally planned to do together with his wife. She has died shortly beforehand, and so he finds himself alone with the almost unmanageable work. His predecessor has capitulated, the new house and barn are only half-finished, tree stumps still have to be cleared in the fields and much more besides. He is skeptical of outside help. He asks Thekla, the maid of the richest farmer, whom he met on his first day in the village, to start working for him, but she refuses. When she does start working on Erich's farm after an approach from her "master", he only sees her as a work partner.

Countries:

Germany,

East Germany

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

78 minutes

Year:

1959

Directors:

Horst Reinecke

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Production companies:

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Actors:

Erich Kattner

Sabine Gärtner

Renate

Uli Bamberger

Crews:

Director

Writer

Novel

Cinematography

Editor