Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1984)

Cast

Kurt Wagner as Glasisch Karl
Kurt Wagner

as Glasisch Karl

Marita Breuer as Maria Simon
Marita Breuer

as Maria Simon

Rüdiger Weigang as Eduard Simon
Rüdiger Weigang

as Eduard Simon

Gertrud Bredel as Katharina Simon
Gertrud Bredel

as Katharina Simon

Karin Rasenack as Lucie Hardtke
Karin Rasenack

as Lucie Hardtke

Willi Burger as Mathias Simon
Willi Burger

as Mathias Simon

Johannes Lobewein as Alois Wiegand
Johannes Lobewein

as Alois Wiegand

Hans-Jürgen Schatz as Wilfried Wiegand
Hans-Jürgen Schatz

as Wilfried Wiegand

Eva Maria Schneider as Marie-Goot
Eva Maria Schneider

as Marie-Goot

Arno Lang as Robert Kröber
Arno Lang

as Robert Kröber

Sabine Wagner as Martha
Sabine Wagner

as Martha

Helga Bender as Martina
Helga Bender

as Martina

Alexander Scholz as Hänschen
Alexander Scholz

as Hänschen

Jörg Hube as Otto Wohlleben
Jörg Hube

as Otto Wohlleben

Otto Henn as Glockzieh
Otto Henn

as Glockzieh

Manfred Kuhn as Wirt
Manfred Kuhn

as Wirt

Gabriele Blum as Lotti
Gabriele Blum

as Lotti

Gudrun Landgrebe as Klärchen Sisse
Gudrun Landgrebe

as Klärchen Sisse

Dieter Schaad as Paul Simon
Dieter Schaad

as Paul Simon

Jörg Richter as Hermann Simon
Jörg Richter

as Hermann Simon

Peter Harting as Hermann Simon
Peter Harting

as Hermann Simon

Karin Kienzer as Pauline Kröber
Karin Kienzer

as Pauline Kröber

Markus Reiter as Anton Simon
Markus Reiter

as Anton Simon

Matthias Kniesbeck as Anton Simon
Matthias Kniesbeck

as Anton Simon

Episodes

The Call of Far-Away Places (1919-1928) poster

The Call of Far-Away Places (1919-1928) 0.0

September 16, 1984

1918 (November) -- World War I ends. 1919 -- the Weimar Republic is set up at Weimar, Germany. Katharina and Mathias …

The Center of the World (1928-1933) poster

The Center of the World (1928-1933) 0.0

September 19, 1984

1929 -- the Great Depression begins further impoverishing the less fortunate Germans. This puts great pressure on the…

The Best Christmas Ever (1935) poster

The Best Christmas Ever (1935) 0.0

September 23, 1984

From Berlin the sickly Eduard brings his wife Lucie home to Schabbach. Lucie is an extremely ambitious woman and wants…

The Highway (1938) poster

The Highway (1938) 0.0

September 26, 1984

1938 -- to escape the politically worsening situation in Germany, the famous German movie star Marlene Dietrich emigr…

Up and Away and Back (1938-1939) poster

Up and Away and Back (1938-1939) 0.0

October 8, 1984

1938 (June) -- German heavy-weight boxer Max Schmeling loses badly in a rematch with American boxer Joe Louis. A bom…

The Home Front (1943) poster

The Home Front (1943) 0.0

October 15, 1984

1943 -- the last large-scale German offensive assault on the eastern front begins at Kursk. The military situation r…

Soldiers and Love (1944) poster

Soldiers and Love (1944) 0.0

October 22, 1984

1944 (June 6) -- the allied forces land on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. 1944 (July 20) -- would-be assassins…

The American (1944-1947) poster

The American (1944-1947) 0.0

October 31, 1984

1945 (May 8) -- Germany surrenders. Lucie sees the arrival of the Americans in Schabbach as just another opportunit…

Little Hermann (1955-1956) poster

Little Hermann (1955-1956) 0.0

November 4, 1984

1955 -- West Germany joins NATO, while East Germany joins the Warsaw Pact. Maria absolutely dotes on her son Hermann…

The Proud Years (1967-1969) poster

The Proud Years (1967-1969) 0.0

October 21, 1984

1968 -- there are student demonstrations and unrest in West Germany as in the rest of the West. 1969 -- Chancellor…

The Feast of the Living and the Dead (1982) poster

The Feast of the Living and the Dead (1982) 0.0

October 24, 1984

1982-1998 -- reign of Helmut Kohl as Chancellor of Germany. He saw the destruction of the Berlin Wall (November 9, 1…