

After WWII, Helene is ready to do anything to start a new life. As a young woman, she came to the exciting Berlin of the roaring 20s, wanting to become a doctor, and soon fell in love with a man named Karl. But the course of her life took a drastic, irreversible turn when the Nazis came into power.
Helene

Wilhelm Semisch

Karl Wertheimer

Martha Würsich

Fanny

Leontine

Selma Würsich

Helene - young

Martha - young

Leontine - young

Peter - child
Peter - teenager

Uncle Sehmisch

Mariechen

Otta

Erich

Clemens

Kurt

Singer Ana
Mascha
Landlady
Nurse Lilly
Nurse Bärbel
Nurse Agnes

Head Nurse
Male Nurse (Psychiatry)

Misses Kozinska
Midwife
Gynecologist
Senior Doctor

Nurse Ida

Deaf Teenager

Nurse Brigitte

Employee (Registration Office)