Summary On a winter day in 1961, 31-year-old Anna Eichmayr crosses the Grosshesseloher bridge in Munich, she suddenly stops in the middle of the bridge, opens a manhole and plunges into the depths. The film traces the young woman's life in flashbacks. It goes back to 1945. A refugee train rolls westward from the German eastern territories. Anna is sitting in one of the cattle waggons with her mother and her young brother. She is unable to help another boy who tries to move to another place while the train is moving and holds onto her rucksack in the process. He slips and falls between the rails. It is an experience that she will never forget... View more details
Directed : Wolfgang Staudte
Written : Dorothee Dhan
Stars : Mel Ferrer Pola Kinski Martin Lüttge Hannelore Schroth
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 26, 1978
Countries of origin : West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Production companies : Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) Artus-Film
Summary On a winter day in 1961, 31-year-old Anna Eichmayr crosses the Grosshesseloher bridge in Munich, she suddenly stops in the middle of the bridge, opens a manhole and plunges into the depths. The film traces the young woman's life in flashbacks. It goes back to 1945. A refugee train rolls westward from the German eastern territories. Anna is sitting in one of the cattle waggons with her mother and her young brother. She is unable to help another boy who tries to move to another place while the train is moving and holds onto her rucksack in the process. He slips and falls between the rails. It is an experience that she will never forget... View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 26, 1978
Countries of origin : West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Production companies : Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) Artus-Film
