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Eine Handvoll Hoffnung (1978)

1978-01-12 · 1h 18m · DE
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Berlin at the end of the 1940s. Anneliese Weyher is working as a switchboard operator. She is living with her aunt after losing her parents in the war – a stroke of fate that has thrown the young woman off course emotionally. Indifferently, she is doing her work; her private life consists of an affair with a black-marketeer. Even when Anneliese witnesses an armed robbery, committed by infamous Wollnick and his gang, she stays lethargic and apathetic – she keeps silent instead of helping the inspector who is a friend of her aunt. It is not until Anneliese by coincidence meets her former lover, the watchmaker Kurt, that her life seems to take a positive turn.

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Günter KarlWriterFrank VogelDirector, Writer

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Simone von ZglinickiSimone von ZglinickiAnneliese WeyherKatja ParylaKatja ParylaMartha MenzelDieter FrankeDieter FrankeAlbert NeuenfeldPeter PragerPeter PragerKurt DannebergHelga GöringHelga GöringEdith RadickePeter ReussePeter ReusseDieter WollnickGünter RügerGünter RügerParteisekretärDetlef GießDetlef GießMichael GerberMichael GerberWalter LendrichWalter LendrichCarl Heinz ChoynskiCarl Heinz ChoynskiChristoph EngelChristoph Engel

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Frequently asked questions about Eine Handvoll Hoffnung

What is Eine Handvoll Hoffnung about?

Berlin at the end of the 1940s. Anneliese Weyher is working as a switchboard operator. She is living with her aunt after losing her parents in the war – a stroke of fate that has thrown the young woman off course emotionally. Indifferently, she is doing her work; her private life consists of an affair with a black-marketeer. Even when Anneliese witnesses an armed robbery, committed by infamous Wollnick and his gang, she stays lethargic and apathetic – she keeps silent instead of helping the inspector who is a friend of her aunt. It is not until Anneliese by coincidence meets her former lover, the watchmaker Kurt, that her life seems to take a positive turn.

How long is Eine Handvoll Hoffnung?

Eine Handvoll Hoffnung has a runtime of 78 minutes.