Homecoming (2012)
August Staudenmeyer returns after thirty years absence as a wealthy man in his hometown Gerbersau. First, the successful businessman is received with open arms. But when he stands up for the outlawed widow Katharina Entriss, he gets sidelined. August realizes that the narrow-mindedness of the Gerbersauer has by no means changed. Richer for an experience and a love, he leaves home a second time.
Director: Jo Baier
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August Zirner as August Staudenmeyer |
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Heike Makatsch as Katarina Endriss |
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Herbert Knaup as Bürgermeister |
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Margarita Broich as Leonore |
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Oliver Stokowski as Hermann Mohrle |
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Robert Spitz as Lukas Pfrommer |
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Annette Paulmann as Berta |
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Vera Lippisch as Frau Dreiss |
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Gottfried Breitfuß as Oberamtsarzt Weil |
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Frank Tafelmaier as Fuhrknecht |
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Katja Bürkle as Amalie Pfrommer |
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Eckart Fritz as Fotograf |
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Manfred Fähndrich as Oberamtmann Beutele |
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Juliane Heß as Mädchen |
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Siegfried Rank as Schuldirektor Hegele |
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Günther Schmidt as Fabrikant Trefz |
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Kurt Steiner as Wirt |
| Directing | Jo Baier | Director |
| Writing | Jo Baier | Writer |
| Sound | Jörg Lemberg | Music |
| Camera | Wedigo von Schultzendorff | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Claus Wehlisch | Editor |
| Production | Anna Oeller | Producer |
| Writing | Hermann Hesse | Short Story |