A new world full of excitement and temptation opens up for 18-year-old Erika when her father flees from Krüselin, a small village in Brandenburg, to West Berlin, taking his daughter with him. Her uncle's luxurious house, the turbulence of life in the big city, and her cousin's progressive thinking and quick wit all turn her head at first. But behind all this glitter and tinsel lurks the cold, hard world of money and Erika begins to feel homesick for the town where she grew up and for Rolf, her first real boyfriend.
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Doris Abeßer
Erika Schenk
Erik Veldre
Rolf Gruber
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Dr. Schenk
Raimund Schelcher
Direktor Gruber
Manja Behrens
Frau Brenner
Rolf Ludwig
Benno Brenner
Marga Legal
Frau Gruber
Hartmut Reck
Werner
Gisela May
Chefärztin
Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
Geheimrätin
Maximilian Larsen
Postbeamter
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
Hans Lucke
Gertrud Brendler
Horst Kube
