Directed by:
Christoph SchreweCinematography:
Mathias NeumannComposer:
Marcel BarsottiCast:
Volker Bruch, Miriam Stein, Walter Sittler, Trystan Pütter, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Michael Mendl, Rolf Kanies, Vladimir Burlakov, Oliver Stritzel (more)Plots(1)
1825. In Europe, the French Revolution has come and gone, and with it, a dream of equality, fraternity and liberty. Though little has changed in the feudal system, more serfs are daring to criticize their masters. In one noble household near Hanover, the young maid Gisela is able to pour her heart out only to the manservant Walter; the two had been raised together after being rescued by the count.
Trouble arises when Gisela is punished much too severely by the countess, and incites Walter to escape with her to America. Walter refuses, since the kindly count has raised his status and appointed him forester. Fuming with hatred for Walter is the Count's good-for-nothing son, who resents his father for preferring the honest Walter to himself. Moreover, the count's son is obsessed with Gisela, who roundly rejects him.
When Gisela is caught helping a desperate farmhand on the run for stealing bread, she now becomes the target of the young nobleman's evil schemes, which also incriminate Walther. Confronted by torture and death, Gisela and Walter decide to break with their homeland and set off for America – to what they hope is a land with shores of gold and a promise of freedom, a land where they and their love can flourish... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Volker Bruch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/759/168759701_t10q3m.jpg)
Volker Bruch
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
The Reader (2008)
![Miriam Stein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/077/159077583_fde8ad.jpg)
Miriam Stein
Austria
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Foster Boy (2011)
Goethe! (2010)
![Walter Sittler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/807/168807925_6u8tlf.jpg)
Walter Sittler
USA
Best movies:
The Gathering Storm (2002) (TV movie)
Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011)
Windstorm 2 (2015)
![Trystan Pütter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/120/164120306_1da394.jpg)
Trystan Pütter
West Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
Berlin 56 (2016) (series)
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
![Hans Peter Hallwachs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/286/159286321_2772a1.jpg)
Hans Peter Hallwachs
German Empire
Best movies:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999)
Degree of Murder (1967)
![Michael Mendl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270583_0a6740.jpg)
Michael Mendl
German Empire
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Pope John XXIII (2002) (TV movie)
Das ewige Lied (1997) (TV movie)
![Rolf Kanies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/467/159467787_a32cf2.jpg)
Rolf Kanies
West Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
The Silent Revolution (2018)
Wunderkinder (2011)
![Vladimir Burlakov](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/008/168008359_7r44ok.jpg)
Vladimir Burlakov
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Beat (2018) (series)
Die Opfer - Vergesst mich nicht (2016) (TV movie)
Point Blank (2016) (TV movie)
![Oliver Stritzel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/582/168582617_b3h8t7.jpg)
Oliver Stritzel
West Germany
![Matthias Komm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/613/159613504_de7c0e.jpg)
Matthias Komm
Best movies:
Where Is Fred!? (2006)
Praxis mit Meerblick (2017) (series)
Das goldene Ufer (2015) (TV movie)
![Ulrike Folkerts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/045/169045245_726uoj.jpg)
Ulrike Folkerts
West Germany
Best movies:
Das goldene Ufer (2015) (TV movie)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Zoe Moore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/335/160335618_7852c1.jpg)
Zoe Moore
Germany
Best movies:
Das goldene Ufer (2015) (TV movie)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Pascal Andres](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/946/159946809_72dfcc.jpg)
Pascal Andres
Germany
Best movies:
Das goldene Ufer (2015) (TV movie)
Grimm Love (2006)
Liebe macht sexy (2009) (TV movie)
![Lilly Forgách](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/098/160098003_963909.jpg)
Lilly Forgách
West Germany
Best movies:
Death of a Superhero (2011)
About a Girl (2014)
Das goldene Ufer (2015) (TV movie)
![Nadine Wrietz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/150/160150831_5a6e8f.jpg)
Nadine Wrietz
West Germany
Best movies:
This Crazy Heart (2017)
Da geht noch was! (2013)
Vaterfreuden (2014)
![Barbora Mottlová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/654/158654243_2d8dd7.jpg)
Barbora Mottlová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gangster Ka (2015)
Gangster Ka: African (2015)
Cook Up a Storm (2017)
![Tom Böttcher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/040/161040258_b9744f.jpg)
Tom Böttcher
Best movies:
Dying (2024)
Where Is Fred!? (2006)
Paradise (2023)
![Victor Schefé](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/367/160367213_9d55f2.jpg)
Victor Schefé
East Germany
Best movies:
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Spectre (2015)
![Holger Daemgen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/397/160397937_b14bc6.jpg)
Holger Daemgen
West Germany
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Sotto il cielo di Roma (2010) (TV movie)
The Round Up (2010)