Released:
1960-08-18

Overview:
In 1959, in a small German village, the annual fair is set up. When a carousel is fixed firmly in the ground, a fair worker discovers a skeleton, a steel helmet, and a machine gun. The skeleton belongs to Robert Mertens, a plain soldier, who deserted in 1944 und flew to his home village. But when he arrived, no one wanted to help him, neither his former friends nor the minister, or even his own parents.

Director:
Wolfgang Staudte

Runtime:
1h 42min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Juliette Mayniel
  as
  Annette
• 
  Götz George
  as
  Robert Mertens
• 
  Hans Mahnke
  as
  Paul Mertens
• 
  Wolfgang Reichmann
  as
  Georg Höchert
• 
  Manja Behrens
  as
  Martha Mertens