Film · Drama, Romance, War
Star-Crossed Lovers (1962)
Magdalena and Michael have loved each other since they were children. But when the Nazis come to power, Michael rebels against the regime and is sentenced to fifteen years in a concentration camp. Magdalena, meanwhile, goes underground with the help of a friend and later immigrates to the Soviet Union. Michael, who has joined the Red Army, discovers on the way to Moscow that Magdalena is staying there. But when his plane lands, she is already on her way back to Germany. Michael hopes that one day, he and Magdalena will be reunited.
- Director
- Frank Beyer
- Writers
- Edith Gorrish, Walter Gorrish, Gerhard Hartwig
- Country
- XG
- Language
- German
- Release date
- June 8, 1962
- Original title
- Königskinder
Cast
Annekathrin BürgerMagdalena
Armin Mueller-StahlMichael
Ulrich TheinJürgen
Marga LegalMutter Seifert- Betty LoewenHanna Bartels
Monika LennartzKatja- Gertraud KreissigUrsula
- Natalja J. IljinaWera
- Talla S. NowikowaPilotin
Leonid IudovSascha- Nikolai J. LukinowSowjet Major
Walter LendrichSchröter
Günter NaumannSoldat Herbert
Fred DelmareSoldat Albert
Erik VeldreSoldat Hans
Manfred KrugHauptmann
Erich Brauer- Johannes Maus
- Waldemar Jacobi
Horst Jonischkan
