09 Sep 2005
Summer in Berlin
An intimate study of two women friends who come to each other because of troubles with everyday life and with men and thus try to enjoy a life based on their ideas.
Smith
John Smith, a middle-aged married man, is made redundant by his employer; at a loss and despairing, his friend Harry Jones suggests applying to the Embankment Fellowship Centre, a charity that provides hostelling, retraining and help finding work for men in his position.
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Ralph Richardson Smith
Flora Robson Mrs. Smith
Allan Jeayes Employer
Wally Patch Jones
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