Sky Without Stars (1955)
Anna is a factory worker in East Germany, but her five-year-old son Jochen lives with his grandparents in the West. Anna wants him to live with her, so she abducts him. Along the way she meets Carl, who helps her cross the border, and they fall in love.
Director: Helmut Käutner
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Eva Kotthaus as Anna Kaminski |
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Erik Schumann as Carl Altmann |
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Rainer Stang as Jochen Kaminski |
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Erich Ponto as Vater Kaminski |
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Lucie Höflich as Mutter Kaminski |
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Georg Thomalla as Willi Becker |
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Gustav Knuth as Otto Friese |
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Camilla Spira as Elsbeth Friese |
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Siegfried Lowitz as Hüske |
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Horst Buchholz as Mischa Bjelkin |
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Wolfgang Neuss as Vopo Bröse |
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Paul Bildt as Direktor Klütsch |
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Joseph Offenbach as Polizeioffizier |
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Pinkas Braun as Kommissar Engelbrecht |
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Edith Hancke as Frau am Kontrollpunkt |
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Lina Carstens as alte Frau |
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Otto Wernicke as Inspektor Hoffmann |
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Beppo Schwaiger as Inspektor Henning |
| Directing | Helmut Käutner | Director |
| Writing | Helmut Käutner | Novel |
| Writing | Helmut Käutner | Writer |
| Production | Harald Braun | Producer |
| Editing | Anneliese Schönnenbeck | Editor |
| Camera | Kurt Hasse | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Bernhard Eichhorn | Original Music Composer |