Our Daily Bread

Nov 4, 1949

1h 45m

★ 5.0

Overview

A story about a family after the Second World War. The petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber of Berlin observes from a distance how his son Ernst participates in the building of a new socialist society. Karl does not understand Ernst's visions, instead he confides in his other son Harry. However, Harry becomes involved in illicit business and Karl quickly realizes that it would be best to join his son Ernst in the citizen-owned factory.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

DEFA

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Cast

Karl Webers

Paul Bildt

Ernst Webers

Harry Hindemith

Harry Webers

Paul Edwin Roth

Martha, Harry Webers zweite Frau

Viktoria von Ballasko

Inge Webers

Inge Landgut

Bäckersfrau

Erna Sellmer

1. Skeptiker

Walter Gross

2. Skeptiker

Herbert Weißbach

Fachingenieur Bergstetter

Alfred Balthoff

Peter Struwe

Siegmar Schneider

Niki

Ina Halley

Ilse

Angelika Hurwicz

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