About
This is a family story that covers thirty years in the life of the Freytag family (narrated by the grandson, Robert). When his grandfather returns from Russia in 1949, he becomes part of the German "economic miracle" by producing garden gnomes. Klaus, Robert's father, wants to become a writer. He marries Gisela who almost immediately gets pregnant with Robert - but the marriage doesn't work. Both parents abandon the child, and Robert goes on living with both pairs of grand parents. While his father belongs to the 1968 generation that rebels against their fathers he falls in love with the neighbor's's daughter Laura.
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X Filme Creative Pool, WDR, BR, NDR, ARD Degeto, Moovie
Original Title
Quellen des Lebens
Original Language
German
Cast
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Jürgen Vogel
Erich Freytag
M
Meret Becker
Elisabeth Freytag
M
Moritz Bleibtreu
Klaus Freytag
L
Lavinia Wilson
Gisela Ellers
K
Kostja Ullmann
Klaus, jung
S
Sonja Kirchberger
Marie Freytag
T
Thomas Heinze
Martin Ellers
M
Margarita Broich
Hildegard Ellers
W
Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht
Schwarz
R
Rolf Zacher
Erwin
H
Heribert Sasse
Ledig-Rowohlt
S
Steffen Wink
Herr Werner
M
Marozsán Erika
Frau Werner
A
Anton Rattinger
Kleptocek
K
Karoline Teska
Erika Ellers
E
Eva Bay
Annika
L
Lisa Smit
Laura
M
Michael Rast
Marcel Reich-Ranitzki
M
Markus Böttcher
Enzensberger
A
Armin Dillenberger
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