Plantagenstraße 19

May 27, 1979

1h 36m

★ 4.0

Overview

Normal everyday life in an apartment building on Plantagenstraße in East Berlin is disrupted when a truck pulls up with the new tenants' furniture. And they include two small children - now, of all times, when old Matuschke's wife has just died and consideration should actually be shown for the widower. Even worse for Mrs. Tillack, however, is the fact that the entire male world seems to be after her 16-year-old daughter Katrin.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Fernsehen der DDR

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Cast

Richard Matuschke

Erwin Geschonneck

Helga Arnold

Annekathrin Bürger

Wolfgang Arnold

Horst Drinda

Hartmut Arnold

Hans-Otto Reintsch

Alexander Arnold

Stefan Naujokat

Marianne Madäus

Barbara Dittus

Manfred Madäus

Peter Reusse

Frau Tillack

Walfriede Schmitt

Abschnittsbevollmächtigter

Klaus Manchen

Elsa Grube-Deister

Horst Weinheimer

Dietmar Richter-Reinick

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