Girls in Gingham
Girls in Gingham

Girls in Gingham

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1949
1h 40m
6.8(5 votes)
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A moving saga focusing on the women in a family that spans three generations and almost 70 years of German history, from the Wilhelmine period through the end of WWII. This film shows that it takes a combination of hard work, political consciousness and family work in tandem to face the tragedies of war, economic hardship and death.

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31 members
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Camilla Spira

Guste

Camilla Spira
Acting

Werner Hinz

Paul

Werner Hinz
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Carsta Löck

Emma

Carsta Löck
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Ursula Diestel

Frieda

Ursula Diestel
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Willi Rose

Landsturmmann

Willi Rose
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Herbert Hübner

Major Markenbrunn

Herbert Hübner
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Arno Paulsen

Schulz

Arno Paulsen
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Werner Peters

Oberleutnant von der Lohe

Werner Peters
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Walter Gross

Conferencier

Walter Gross
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Käte Alving

Hebamme

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Walter Bluhm

Lewin

Walter Bluhm
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Yvonne Merin

Unknown Role

Yvonne Merin
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Friedrich Gnaß

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Brigitte Krause

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Brigitte Krause
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Hans Klering

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Hans Klering
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Else Reval

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Waltraut Kramm

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Waltraut Kramm
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Hans Joachim Schölermann

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Albert Venohr

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Peter Marx

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Peter Marx
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Susi Deitz

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Lothar Firmans

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Lothar Firmans
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Liselotte Köster

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Jockel Stahl

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Inge van der Straaten

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Ilse Trautschold

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Ilse Trautschold
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Franz Weber

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Kurt Weitkamp

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Elisabeth Wendt

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Elisabeth Wendt
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Jean Brahn

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Micaela Kreißler

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Micaela Kreißler

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