Die Lange Strasse

Die Lange Strasse

Limited Series 1979 · 5 eps · ★ 10.0

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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.

Created by Gerhard Bengsch

Network: DDR-F1

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Alfred Müller Michel Hollmann
Walfriede Schmitt Lotte Hollmann
Regine Heintze Tochter Gerda als Erwachsene
Birgit Raatz Tochter Gerda als Kind
Detlef Gieß Heinz, ihr Sohn
Günter Naumann Karl Hollmann
Heide Kipp Edith
Walter Plathe Jürgen
Hans Teuscher Berthold Brennert
Karin Gregorek Edeltraut Brennert
Ulrich Anschütz Harald, ihr Sohn
Jörg Panknin Joachim Gärtner

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