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Sources of Life

5.920132h 54mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorOskar Roehler
WritersKlaus Richter·Oskar Roehler
ProducersOliver Berben·Uwe Schott

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Cast · Directed by Oskar Roehler

JVJürgen Vogel
Jürgen Vogel
Erich Freytag
MBMeret Becker
Meret Becker
Elisabeth Freytag
MBMoritz Bleibtreu
Moritz Bleibtreu
Klaus Freytag
LWLavinia Wilson
Lavinia Wilson
Gisela Ellers
KUKostja Ullmann
Kostja Ullmann
Klaus, jung
SKSonja Kirchberger
Sonja Kirchberger
Marie Freytag
THThomas Heinze
Thomas Heinze
Martin Ellers
MBMargarita Broich
Margarita Broich
Hildegard Ellers
WOWilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht
Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht
Schwarz
RZRolf Zacher
Rolf Zacher
Erwin
HSHeribert Sasse
Heribert Sasse
Ledig-Rowohlt
SWSteffen Wink
Steffen Wink
Herr Werner

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