Directed by:
Kurt BarthelScreenplay:
Kurt BarthelComposer:
Peter RabenaltCast:
Melania Jakubisková, Carmen-Maja Antoni, Carola Braunbock, Herwart Grosse, Hans Hardt-Hardtloff, Rolf Hoppe, Irene Korb, Manfred Krug (narrator), Milan Sládek, Lissy Tempelhof, Sina Fiedler-Engel (more)Plots(1)
After the death of their father, 18-year-old Helene Raupe ("coccoon") and her younger sister Asta come under the guardianship of the youth welfare office in East Berlin. Helene fails miserably as a fishmonger, fashion assistant and bus conductor, all jobs ordained for her by the authorities. The young woman really only "emerges" in her fantasies, where she can escape from her dull, normal life. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
The Silent Revolution (2018)
Carola Braunbock
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Seven Freckles (1978)
Man of Straw (1951)
Herwart Grosse
German Empire
Best movies:
The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
Professor Mamlock (1961)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
German Empire
Best movies:
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
The Sons of Great Bear (1966)
Rolf Hoppe
German Empire
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Mephisto (1981)
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
Irene Korb
German Empire
Best movies:
Jahrgang 21 (1957)
Manfred Krug (narrator)
German Empire
Best movies:
The Boxer and Death (1962)
Professor Mamlock (1961)
Spur der Steine (1966)
Milan Sládek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Drotár (1966) (TV movie)
Duo Zemganno (1993) (TV movie)
Údolie večných karaván (1968)
Lissy Tempelhof
German Empire
Best movies:
Professor Mamlock (1961)
Der geteilte Himmel (1964)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Sina Fiedler-Engel
Best movies:
Spur der Steine (1966)
Kit & Co. (1974)
Bear Ye One Another's Burden (1988)
Freimut Götsch
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Lothar Förster
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Sechse kommen durch die Welt (1972)