Life Begins
Das Leben beginnt
Release: 1960-04-08
·Runtime: 119m
Drama
A new world full of excitement and temptation opens up for 18-year-old Erika when her father flees from Krüselin, a small village in Brandenburg, to West Berlin, taking his daughter with him. Her uncle's luxurious house, the turbulence of life in the big city, and her cousin's progressive thinking and quick wit all turn her head at first. But behind all this glitter and tinsel lurks the cold, hard world of money and Erika begins to feel homesick for the town where she grew up and for Rolf, her first real boyfriend.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
as Dr. Schenk
Manja Behrens
as Frau Brenner
Rolf Ludwig
as Benno Brenner
Hartmut Reck
as Werner
Albert Hetterle
Raimund Schelcher
as Direktor Gruber
Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
as Geheimrätin
Inge Keller
Micaela Kreißler
Erik Veldre
as Rolf Gruber
Marga Legal
as Frau Gruber
Gertrud Brendler
Horst Kube
Peter Kiwitt
Doris Abeßer
as Erika Schenk
Gisela May
as Chefärztin
Hans Lucke
Hans Klering
