Our Daily Bread

A story about a family after the Second World War. The petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber of Berlin observes from a distance how his son Ernst participates in the building of a new socialist society. Karl does not understand Ernst's visions, instead he confides in his other son Harry. However, Harry becomes involved in illicit business and Karl quickly realizes that it would be best to join his son Ernst in the citizen-owned factory.

1949

1h 45min

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Top Billed Cast

Paul Bildt
Karl Webers
Harry Hindemith
Ernst Webers
Paul Edwin Roth
Harry Webers
Viktoria von Ballasko
Martha, Harry Webers zweite Frau
Inge Landgut
Inge Webers
Erna Sellmer
Bäckersfrau
Walter Gross
1. Skeptiker
Herbert Weißbach
2. Skeptiker
Alfred Balthoff
Fachingenieur Bergstetter
Siegmar Schneider
Peter Struwe
Ina Halley
Niki
Angelika Hurwicz
Ilse
Doris Holve
Mary
Irene Korb
Käthe
Eduard Wandrey
Fürbringer
Friedrich Gnaß
Fabrikarbeiter
Helmuth Helsig
Ingenieur
Erich Dunskus
Wirt
Hans Emons
Geschäftsmann
Karl Hannemann
Gast

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