Destinies of Women

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Destinies of Women

1952

1h 42m

6.0(4 votes)

Drama

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Berlin 1952, seven years after WWII. Four women are looking for a good man and happiness in the divided city. Their destinies are loosely connected through one person: the West Berlin dandy and womanizer, Conny.

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36 members

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Sonja Sutter

Renate Ludwig

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Hanns Groth

Conny Lohmüller

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Lotte Loebinger

Hertha Scholz

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Anneliese Book

Barbara Berg

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Susanne Düllmann

Anni Neumann

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Ursula Burg

Isa von Trautwald

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Gertrud Meyen

Betty Vogt

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Maly Delschaft

Frau Ludwig

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Angela Brunner

Ursula Krenz

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Charlotte Küter

Gertrud Neumann

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Lola Chlud

Staatsanwältin

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Annelise Matschulat

Frau Becker

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Karla Runkehl

Freundin

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Katrin Dahl

Freundin

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Käte Scharf

Leiterin des Modesalons

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Hanna Rieger

Straßenmädchen

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Käte Alving

Chefin von Anni

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Albert Doerner

Dr.Gebhardt

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Albert Garbe

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Paul Pfingst

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Friedrich Gnaß

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Hans Joachim Schölermann

Verteidiger

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Hermann Mayer-Falkow

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Agnes Kraus

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Maria Rouvel

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Edith Volkmann

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Trude Brentina

Frau in Kantine

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Fritz Staudte

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Friedrich Kühne

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Isolde Eckhoff

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Paul R. Henker

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Paul Knopf

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Alfred Maack

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Willi Schwabe

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Hermann Wagemann

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Gustav Wehrle

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