Release, runtime and language

1977 · 108 mins · German

Directed by

Edgar Reitz

Starring

Kai Taschner, Herbert Weißbach, Erika Wackernagel, Erich Kleiber, Anette Jünger, Günter Schimann

Set in July 1945, as American forces withdraw from Saxony and Thuringia and the Red Army assumes control, a modest village near Leipzig confronts the sudden shift in power. Its residents grapple with the uncertainty of a new regime, striving to adapt their daily lives to the Soviet occupation.