Die Lange Strasse (1979)
1949. Grafenberg in Brandenburg shortly before the foundation of the GDR. Here lives Michel Hollmann and works in roadmaking. His purpose in life are his wife Lotte and the two children Gerda and Heinz, for whom he is reconstructing a summerhouse into a “nest”. In Grafenberg, his siblings are living as well: His brother Karl, the mayor, and sister-in-law Edith, who works in a textile factory, with their son Jürgen. Edeltraut, his sister, has married the lamp fabricant Berthold Bennert and leads a well-off life. They as well have a son: Harald. Part of the family are further sister Hanna and brother-in-law Hermann, who is a fisherman on one of the local lakes and conducts a tenacious private war against old Stegewald and his presumptive prince-electoral rights. They are living their lives with their large and small conflicts, with different intentions, and yet remain connected always.
Cast
Alfred MüllerMichel Hollmann
Walfriede SchmittLotte Hollmann
Regine HeintzeTochter Gerda als ErwachseneBirgit RaatzTochter Gerda als Kind
Detlef GießHeinz, ihr Sohn
Günter NaumannKarl Hollmann
Heide KippEdith
Walter PlatheJürgen
Hans TeuscherBerthold Brennert
Karin GregorekEdeltraut Brennert
Ulrich AnschützHarald, ihr Sohn
