Yesterday's Tomorrow

Yesterday's Tomorrow

1978 · 110 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama

On a winter day in 1961, 31-year-old Anna Eichmayr crosses the Grosshesseloher bridge in Munich, she suddenly stops in the middle of the bridge, opens a manhole and plunges into the depths. The film traces the young woman's life in flashbacks. It goes back to 1945.

Directed by Wolfgang Staudte · Written by Dorothee Dhan

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