Meines Vaters Straßenbahn (1980)

Synopsis

Ralph grows up in pre-war Dresden as the eldest son of a principled and orderly streetcar conductor. With the rise to power of the Nazis, the war, the collapse and the hesitant new beginning, his firmly established middle-class world is also thrown off course. His father is one of the first to be called up to the front. His mother is left alone with the responsibility for Ralph and his younger brother Achim. In the air-raid shelter, during the nights of bombing and later in the daily struggle against misery and hunger, the mother quickly abandons all moral baggage and develops a pragmatic will to survive, for which she admires Ralph. At the same time, the boy is frightened by his mother's desperate claim to happiness because he perceives her affairs as a betrayal of his father, who has gradually faded into a symbol of a happy, carefree childhood.

Series Information

First Aired

1980

Last Aired

1980

Seasons

1

Episodes

2

Genre

Drama

Network

DFF 1

Status

Ended

Top Cast

Monika Woytowicz

Gerti Donath

Arno Wyzniewski

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Rene Kalaene

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Ruth Kommerell

Walter Lendrich

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Susanne Krahnert

Carmen-Maja Antoni

Tante Helli

Sylvester Groth

Janker

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