Jahrgang 21

Movie·1958·1h 37m

Jahrgang 21

Directed By

Václav Gajer

Country

Czechoslovakia

Language

German

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The Story

At the beginning of the Second World War, Czech music student Honsik comes to Germany from Prague to join a "foreign worker company". After rescuing a boy from the rubble of a bombed-out house, he himself is seriously injured and taken to a hospital in Stralsund. There he is regarded as a second-class citizen and the Germans are preferred to him. Nurse Käthe stands up for him, cares for him and defies all prohibitions. A love affair is kindled between the two, but it is not under a good star. Honsik tries to flee to his homeland with his comrades and Käthe supports him. At the last moment, however, Honsik realizes that his love for Käthe is stronger than his homesickness and makes his way back. Once back home, he can only watch as Käthe is arrested by the Gestapo. With the help of a resistance fighter, the young man from Prague manages to escape after all.

Written By

Ota Hofman, Walter Gorrish

Producer

Bohumil Šmída

Cinematography

Jan Kališ

Music

Jiří Srnka

Editor

Ursula Kahlbaum

Themes

world war ii

Production House

Filmové studio Barrandov
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Audience Score

70%

2 votes

Skip10%
Timepass22%
Go for it39%
Perfection29%

Where to watch

Region: CZ

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Cast

Eva Kotthaus

Eva Kotthaus

Käthe

Luděk Munzar

Luděk Munzar

Honsik

Jiří Sovák

Jiří Sovák

Svatopluk Matyáš

Svatopluk Matyáš

Josef Vinklář

Josef Vinklář

Olin

Eduard Cupák

Eduard Cupák

Pepous

Stanislav Fišer

Stanislav Fišer

Václav Tomšovský

Raimund Schelcher

Raimund Schelcher

Weiß

Rudolf Ulrich

Rudolf Ulrich

Hill

Hans W. Hamacher

Bent

Erich Brauer

Erich Brauer

Müller

Herbert Körbs

Hauptmann

Irene Korb

Irene Korb

Schaffnerin

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Max

Lotte Loebinger

Lotte Loebinger

Frau Schmidt

Johannes Arpe

Johannes Arpe

Oberarzt

Marga Legal

Marga Legal

Oberschwester

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Crew

Bohumil Šmída

Bohumil Šmída

Executive Producer

Ota Hofman

Screenplay

Walter Gorrish

Screenplay

Jiří Srnka

Original Music Composer

Václav Gajer

Director

Ursula Kahlbaum

Editor

Jan Kališ

Director of Photography

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