

Sky Without Stars
1955-10-14 · 108 min · ★ 6.9
Anna is a factory worker in East Germany, but her five-year-old son Jochen lives with his grandparents in the West. Anna wants him to live with her, so she abducts him. Along the way she meets Carl, who helps her cross the border, and they fall in love.
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- Directors
- Helmut Käutner
- Production companies
- Neue Deutsche Filmgesellschaft
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Eva KotthausAnna Kaminski
Erik SchumannCarl Altmann
Erich PontoVater Kaminski
Lucie HöflichMutter Kaminski
Georg ThomallaWilli Becker
Gustav KnuthOtto Friese
Camilla SpiraElsbeth Friese
Siegfried LowitzHüske
Horst BuchholzMischa Bjelkin
Wolfgang NeussVopo Bröse
Paul BildtDirektor Klütsch
Joseph OffenbachPolizeioffizier
Pinkas BraunKommissar Engelbrecht
Edith HanckeFrau am Kontrollpunkt
Lina Carstensalte Frau
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