With the death of her mother, eight-year-old Anna ends her childhood: From now on, she has to look after the nine-member family. Deprivation-rich years, which also find no end when Anna marries: Her husband Albert must be a soldier in the Second World War, and the pregnant Anna has to work hard in the farm and care sick relatives. Lonely and exposed to the harassment of the tyrannical mother-in-law, she waits for Albert, with no certainty that he will ever return.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Dana VávrováAnna Wimschneider | Anna Wimschneider |
 Werner StockerAlbert Wimschneider | Albert Wimschneider |
 Claude-Oliver RudolphKreisleiter | Kreisleiter |
 Eva MattesFotografin | Fotografin |
| IIlona MayerResl | Resl |
 Renate GrosserSchwiegermutter | Schwiegermutter |
 Philipp MoogSoldat | Soldat |
 Klára LidováAnna Wimschneider (8 Jahre) | Anna Wimschneider (8 Jahre) |
| HHerta SchwarzNot listed | Not listed |
| JJulius MittererOnkel Otto | Onkel Otto |
| MMarie BardischewskiMutter Traunspurger | Mutter Traunspurger |
| WWerner SchnitzerFahrer | Fahrer |
 Karel HeřmánekVater Traunspurger | Vater Traunspurger |
 Johann SchulerSoldat, Erntehelfer | Soldat, Erntehelfer |
 Birge SchadeNot listed | Not listed |
| AAlfons ScharfNot listed | Not listed |
| HHannes AndersenNot listed | Not listed |
| JJoachim SchweizerNot listed | Not listed |
 Georg HacklNot listed | Not listed |
 Renate MuhriNot listed | Not listed |
| FFerdinand SchusterNot listed | Not listed |
| LLeo SpeerNot listed | Not listed |
| AAlbert WimschneiderOnkel Albert | Onkel Albert |
| AAnna Wimschneiderherself | herself |
 Janina VilsmaierKind | Kind |