Das Leben beginnt

Cast

Actor/-ess

Doris Abeßer (Erika Schenk)

Erik Veldre (Rolf Gruber)

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge (Dr. Schenk)

Raimund Schelcher (Direktor Gruber)

Manja Behrens (Frau Brenner)

Adolf Peter Hoffmann (Willi Brenner)

Rolf Ludwig (Benno Brenner)

Hans Lucke (Lehrer Lietzow)

Marga Legal (Frau Gruber)

Gertrud Brendler (Frau Zaulek)

Horst Kube (Bauleiter Reiling)

Hartmut Reck (Werner)

Gisela May (Chefärztin)

Inge Keller

Ruth Maria Kubitschek (Geheimrätin)

Peter Kiwitt (Senator)

Albert Hetterle (Jähnisch)

Hans Klering (Lateinlehrer)

Micaëla Kreißler (Petra)

Peter Festersen (Riebnitz)

Horst Lampe (drunk youth)

Ingolf Gorges (Dieter)

Paul Büttner (janitor)

Rudolf Christoph (Referent)

Reinhard Michalke (FDJ-Sekretär)

Ursula Dücker (Grubers secretary)

Else Korén (old teacher)

Augustin Kovacz (teacher)

Gela Zühle (Lisbeth)

Marie-Luise Stortz (senetors secretary)

Maximilian Larsen (postal clerk)

Max Klingberg (postal clerk)

Günter Propp (butcher)

Hans-Bernd Baxmann (heir dresser)

Direction

Director

Heiner Carow

Writing

Screenplay

Jeanne Stern

Kurt Stern

Script editor

Konrad Schwalbe

Camera & Light

Director of photography

Götz Neumann

Assistant camera / focus puller

Peter Süring

Still photographer

Hans-Bernd Baxmann

Decor

Production design

Willy Schiller

Set construction

Alfred Drosdek

Prop master

Ferdinand Schwarzer

Make-up artist

Gerda Behrendt

Lothar Hiller

Sonja Urbanek

Costume design

Rosemarie Wandelt

Cutting & Mixing

Editing

Ilse Peters

Sound

Max Sandler

Werner Klein

Music

Music

Kurt Schwaen

Production

Unit production manager

Erich Albrecht

Location manager

Günter Propp

Manfred Peetz

Companies

Production company

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme