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The Wonderful Years

Die wunderbaren Jahre

1979
Germany
feature film - Drama
104 min. (2852 m.)
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Gabi Marr (Cornelia); Martin May (Stephan); Dietrich Mattausch (Herr Bergmann); Christine Wodetzky (Frau Bergmann); Rolf Boysen (priest); Bärbel Deutschmann (Eva); Thomas Frontzek (Michael); Erich Schleyer (Klaus); Joane Prawitz (Angelika); Hans Helmut Dickow (Direktor); Eberhard Mondry (Beckert); Katharina Matz (teacher); Carola Schwarz (Ute Weber); Harald Dietl (Major); Klaus Münster (Brigadier); Joachim Hackethal (Kreisschulrat); Peter Jona Korn (Cellius); Eberhard von Nordhausen; Albert Heins; Susanne Lüpertz; Wolf-Dietrich Berg; Siegfried Unruh; Claus-Dieter Reents; Erika Fuhrmann; Kurt Kursawa; Karl-Josef Cramer; Michael Stippel; Peter Hicks; Herbert Chwoika; Nicolas Lansky; Trude Breitschopf; Dieter Möbius; Andreas Hanft; Wolfgang Zerlett

Direction

Director: Reiner Kunze

Assistant director: Lilo Schick

Writing

Screenplay: Reiner Kunze

Based on: Reiner Kunze (novel)

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Wolfgang Treu

Assistant camera / focus puller: Theodor Rose; Martin Schneider

Decor

Production design: Gerd Staub

Set construction: Dietmar H. Suhr

Costume design: Gerd Rechenbach; Josef Salzinger

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Barbara von Weitershausen

Assistant editor: Gabi Eichel

Sound: Peter Beil

Sound assistant: Norbert Lill

Music

Music: Rolf A. Wilhelm

Production

Producer: Franz Seitz

Line producer: Gottfried Wegeleben

Location manager: Wulf Brandes

Companies

Production company: Franz Seitz Filmproduktion; Caro Film GmbH & Co. Produktions-KG; Südwestfunk (SWF)