
The chronicle of a farming family from the village of Barnekow in the Mark Brandenburg region spanning three generations: After repeatedly failing to make their farm on marshy land a success, the Wardins finally find professional and personal happiness after World War II thanks to the 1945 land reform in the Soviet occupation zone during the GDR era of "developed socialism."

Angelika Waller
Anne/Anna Schlomka

Eberhard Mellies
Walter Wardin

Mathis Schrader
Wolfgang und Wilhelm Wardin
Margit Schaumäker
Frau Irmgard
Gerd Blahuschek
Beetzow

Erik S. Klein
Wilhelm Wardin

Katharina Thalbach

Günter Wolf
Adomeit