The Best Years (1965)
In 1945, Ernst Machner returns home from the war in his mid-20s. Tuche would like him to weave for a living, but his comrades persuade him to become a young teacher instead.
Director: Günther Rücker
![]() |
Horst Drinda as Ernst Machner |
![]() |
Lissy Tempelhof as Hilde Tamm |
![]() |
Herwart Grosse as Schneller |
![]() |
Rolf Hoppe as Lehrer Klein |
![]() |
Harry Hindemith as Meister |
![]() |
Christoph Beyertt as Lehrer |
![]() |
Helga Labudda as |
![]() |
Klaus Piontek as |
![]() |
Bruno Carstens as |
![]() |
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff as |
![]() |
Hans-Joachim Büttner as |
![]() |
Elfriede Florin as |
![]() |
Günter Wolf as |
![]() |
Peter Herden as |
![]() |
Lothar Förster as |
![]() |
Brigitte Lindenberg as |
![]() |
Peter Kalisch as |
![]() |
Horst Papke as |
| Directing | Günther Rücker | Director |
| Writing | Günther Rücker | Writer |
| Writing | Peter Krause | Writer |
| Crew | Peter Krause | Cinematography |
| Editing | Hildegard Conrad | Editor |
| Sound | Reiner Bredemeyer | Music |