Sources of Life
Synopsis
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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Edited by Peter R AdamShot by Carl Friedrich KoschnickScored by Martin Todsharow
Also known as
- Quellen des Lebensde
- Quellen des Lebensde
- Quellen des Lebensde
- Quellen des Lebensde
- Sources of Lifeen
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Jurgen Vogel
as Erich Freytag
Meret Becker
as Elisabeth Freytag
Moritz Bleibtreu
as Klaus Freytag
Lavinia Wilson
as Gisela Ellers
Lisa Smit
as Laura Werner
Leonard Scheicher
as Robert Freytag
Sonja Kirchberger
as Marie Freytag
Margarita Broich
as Hildegard Ellers
Ilyes Moutaoukkil
as Robert Freytag als Kind
Alexandros Gehrckens
as Robert Freytag als Kind
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