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Hälfte des Lebens

Directed by Herrmann Zschoche
1985    1h 38mHistory, Romance,
6.6
Ten decisive years (1796 - 1806) in the life of the great German poet Friedrich Hölderlin. In order to earn money as a tutor "Hölder" moves in with the Gontards, a banker's family in Frankfurt, and gives lessons to the four children of the wealthy household. It doesn't take long for him to discover his passion for the children's mother, Susette Gontard. Ordinary family life is obstructed even further by news from the French Revolution.
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Cast of Hälfte des Lebens
  • Ulrich MüheFriedrich Hölderlin
  • Jenny GröllmannSusette Gontard
  • Swetlana SchönfeldMarie Rätzer
  • Michael GwisdekJakob Gontard
  • Peter-Mario GrauIsaac von Sinclair
  • Christine GlogerHölderlins Mutter
  • Simone FrostHölderlins Schwester
  • Christine HarbortHaushälterin Wilhelmine
  • Reimar Johannes BaurDr. Ebel
  • Rolf HoppeWilhelm Heinse
  • Matthias GüntherProf. Authenrieth
  • Hilmar BaumannKonsul Meyer
  • Peter BauseLandgraf
  • Trude BrentinaSeniorin Gontard
  • Thomas GumpertFreund N.
  • Gerd Michael HennebergFranzösischer Schlossherr
 
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