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Anna is a factory worker in East Germany, but her five-year-old son Jochen lives with his grandparents in the West. Anna wants him to live with her, so she abducts him. Along the way she meets Carl, who helps her cross the border, and they fall in love.

1h 48m1955TMDb 6.9

DramaRomance

German

Crew and Cast

Helmut KäutnerHelmut KäutnerDirectorEva KotthausEva KotthausAnna KaminskiErik SchumannErik SchumannCarl Altmann
Rainer StangJochen KaminskiErich PontoErich PontoVater KaminskiLucie HöflichLucie HöflichMutter KaminskiGeorg ThomallaGeorg ThomallaWilli BeckerGustav KnuthGustav KnuthOtto FrieseCamilla SpiraCamilla SpiraElsbeth FrieseSiegfried LowitzSiegfried LowitzHüskeHorst BuchholzHorst BuchholzMischa BjelkinWolfgang NeussWolfgang NeussVopo BrösePaul BildtPaul BildtDirektor KlütschJoseph OffenbachJoseph OffenbachPolizeioffizierPinkas BraunPinkas BraunKommissar EngelbrechtEdith HanckeEdith HanckeFrau am KontrollpunktLina CarstensLina Carstensalte FrauOtto WernickeOtto WernickeInspektor Hoffmann
Beppo SchwaigerInspektor Henning

Storyline

Anna is a factory worker in East Germany, but her five-year-old son Jochen lives with his grandparents in the West. Anna wants him to live with her, so she abducts him. Along the way she meets Carl, who helps her cross the border, and they fall in love.

  • Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft

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Info

Original title
Himmel ohne Sterne
Status
Released
Released
14 October 1955
Runtime
1h 48m
TMDB score
6.9 / 10 (15 votes)

Production

Director
Helmut Käutner
Writers
Helmut Käutner
Studios
Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft
Countries
Germany

Languages

Original
German
Spoken
German