Girls in Gingham (1949)

6.8/10 100 min History Drama

Overview

A moving saga focusing on the women in a family that spans three generations and almost 70 years of German history, from the Wilhelmine period through the end of WWII. This film shows that it takes a combination of hard work, political consciousness and family work in tandem to face the tragedies of war, economic hardship and death.

Cast

Camilla Spira

Guste

Werner Hinz

Paul

Carsta Löck

Emma

Ursula Diestel

Frieda

Willi Rose

Landsturmmann

Herbert Hübner

Major Markenbrunn

Arno Paulsen

Schulz

Werner Peters

Oberleutnant von der Lohe

Walter Gross

Conferencier

Walter Bluhm

Lewin

Yvonne Merin

Brigitte Krause

Hans Klering

Waltraut Kramm

Peter Marx

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