Overview
Hilde Breitner, a contented factory worker, faces upheaval when her husband becomes disabled and dies from occupational illnesses. Financial setbacks hit her daughters - one loses her new snack stand, the other abandons university to work in the factory - forcing Hilde to confront her own economic vulnerability. Awakening to workers’ rights, she becomes her workplace’s employee representative, learning to advocate for change.
Cast
- Margret Homeyer as Hilde Breitner
- Hans Beerhenke as Hermann Breitner
- Til Erwig as Klaus
- Siemen Rühaak as Johannes
- Rüdiger Vogler as Detlef
- Erland Erlandsen