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SummaryThe small town of Weißenthal is no man's land in the May days of 1945, neither the Americans nor the Soviets occupied it. The soldier Michael Duda returning to his hometown meets the escaped concentration camp prisoner Arno Laube. After their arrival, Laube and some opponents of the Nazi regime immediately set about building a democratic order in Weißenthal, making 19-year-old Michael the mayor. Not an easy task for the inexperienced. Refugees have to be quartered, there is no milk for the children, the energy supply has broken down. Also scattered remains of the fascist Wehrmacht are still in the woods. Michael falls into their hands and is to be hanged, but Laube frees him. On Michael's wedding day, a pergola is murdered by werewolves. Michael is determined to continue his friend's fight.
(Source: The Second Life of the Film City Babelsberg. DEFA feature films 1946-1992)
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Decade1970
Production Year1974
Release date26 Mar 1975
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ActorsGünter Drescher, Ralph Borgwardt, Fred Delmare, Wolfgang Greese, Ilona Brömmer, Volkmar Kleinert, Bruno Carstens, Werner Dissel, Peter Aust, Elke Münch, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge, Peter Friedrichson, Herwart Grosse, Christoph Beyertt, Rosemarie Deibel
