Release Date

22 Feb, 1990

Runtime

01:32: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Friedrich manages to escape from East Germany to the West in the 1950s. On his arrival, he is greeted with the words Herzlich Willkommen, or "cordial, heartfelt welcome." However, once he finds employment, what he experiences is anything but a cordial welcome at his new job, where he is a teacher/counselor for "wayward children" located in a former castle. The institution is headed by a former Nazi who runs it with the help of the more criminal, bullying boys. Despite these obstacles, Friedrich manages to establish a rapport with a boy who wants to go "straight," and also begins to have an affair with an attractive female teacher at the school.

Original Title

Herzlich willkommen

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Actors

Uwe Bohm

Barbara Auer

Hark Bohm

Anna Thalbach

Eva-Maria Hagen

Michael Gwisdek

Heinz Hoenig

Crew

Hark Bohm

Hark Bohm

Natalia Bowakow

Christoph Holch

Martin Schulz

Hark Bohm

Dorothee Schön

Walter Kempowski

Jens-Peter Ostendorf

Edward Kłosiński

Moune Barius

Christian Bussmann

Birgit Missal

Peter C. Gutenberg