The Happy Years of the Thorwalds

Synopsis

The Thorwald family is well-off and contented when a tragedy strikes: the father is killed in an accident. Miss Thorwald takes over the raising of her children, four girls and two boys with the youngest already fifteen years old. She manages to keep them together in spite of the fact that their economic situation deteriorates after World War I. Never one to look too critically upon her brood, the woman undergoes a moving and gradual transformation as the adult activities of her children bring home the fact that none of them are what she had once imagined.

Main Cast

Elisabeth Bergner

Frau Thorwald

Age : 88 | Popularity : 4%

Hansjörg Felmy

ihr Sohn Peter

Age : 76 | Popularity : 10%

Johanna Matz

ihre Tochter Maria

Age : 91 | Popularity : 3%

Dietmar Schönherr

ihr Sohn Martin

Age : 88 | Popularity : 3%

Brigitte Grothum

ihre Tochter Helga

Age : 89 | Popularity : 7%

Elfriede Irrall

ihre Tochter Erika

Age : 80 | Popularity : 7%

Dieter Borsche

Dr. Schaub

Age : 72 | Popularity : 3%

Loni von Friedl

Brigitte von Tienitz

Age : 80 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Wolfgang Staudte John Olden
Editing	Editor	Alice Ludwig
Writing	Writer	Answald Krüger Maria Matray J. B. Priestley Christian Schürhoff
Camera	Director of Photography	Siegfried Franz
Sound	Music	Siegfried Franz
Production	Executive Producer	Werner Ludwig
	Producer	Alexander Rakosi
Department	Role	Name

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