This is a family story that covers thirty years in the life of the Freytag family (narrated by the grandson, Robert). When his grandfather returns from Russia in 1949, he becomes part of the German "economic miracle" by producing garden gnomes. Klaus, Robert's father, wants to become a writer. He marries Gisela who almost immediately gets pregnant with Robert - but the marriage doesn't work. Both parents abandon the child, and Robert goes on living with both pairs of grand parents. While his father belongs to the 1968 generation that rebels against their fathers he falls in love with the neighbor's's daughter Laura.
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Sources of Life Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Moritz Bleibtreu
He was 41, now 53 years old
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as Klaus Freytag |
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Rolf Zacher
He was 71, 76 years old when he died
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as Erwin |
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Jürgen Vogel
He was 44, now 56 years old
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as Erich Freytag |
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Kostja Ullmann
He was 28, now 40 years old
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as Klaus, jung |
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Lavinia Wilson
She was 32, now 44 years old
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as Gisela Ellers |
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Margarita Broich
She was 52, now 64 years old
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as Hildegard Ellers |
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Sonja Kirchberger
She was 48, now 60 years old
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as Marie Freytag |
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Lisa Smit
She was 19, now 31 years old
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as Laura |
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Meret Becker
She was 44, now 55 years old
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as Elisabeth Freytag |
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Patrick Joswig
He was 37, now 49 years old
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as Verleger |
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Thomas Heinze
He was 48, now 60 years old
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as Martin Ellers |
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Steffen Wink
He was 45, now 57 years old
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as Herr Werner |
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Michael Rastl
He was 65, now 76 years old
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as Marcel Reich-Ranitzki |
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Heribert Sasse
He was 67, 71 years old when he died
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as Ledig-Rowohlt |
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Daniel Drewes
He was 41, now 52 years old
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as Kritiker |
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Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht
He was 22, now 34 years old
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as Schwarz |
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Erika Marozsán
She was 40, now 52 years old
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as Frau Werner |
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Eva Bay
She was 29, now 41 years old
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as Annika |
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Thomas Kügel
He was 54, now 65 years old
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as Bürgermeister |
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Armin Dillenberger
He was 55, now 67 years old
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as Grenzbeamter |
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Gregor Bloéb
He was 45, now 56 years old
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as Mann in Wien |
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Dietmar Mössmer
He was 57, now 69 years old
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as Komorek |
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Anton Rattinger
He was 62, now 73 years old
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as Kleptocek |
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Johannes Rotter
He was 52, now 64 years old
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as Verkäufer |
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Karoline Teska
She was 24, now 36 years old
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as Erika Ellers |
Sources of Life Crew
