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Life Begins

8.019601h 59mMovieDrama

A new world full of excitement and temptation opens up for 18-year-old Erika when her father flees from Krüselin, a small village in Brandenburg, to West Berlin, taking his daughter with him. Her uncle's luxurious house, the turbulence of…

DirectorHeiner Carow
WritersJeanne Stern·Kurt Stern

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Cast · Directed by Heiner Carow

DADoris Abeßer
Doris Abeßer
Erika Schenk
EVErik Veldre
Erik Veldre
Rolf Gruber
WKWilhelm Koch-Hooge
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Dr. Schenk
RSRaimund Schelcher
Raimund Schelcher
Direktor Gruber
MBManja Behrens
Manja Behrens
Frau Brenner
RLRolf Ludwig
Rolf Ludwig
Benno Brenner
MLMarga Legal
Marga Legal
Frau Gruber
HRHartmut Reck
Hartmut Reck
Werner
GMGisela May
Gisela May
Chefärztin
RKRuth-Maria Kubitschek
Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
Geheimrätin
ML
Maximilian Larsen
Postbeamter
AH
Adolf Peter Hoffmann

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