It tells the story of Hermann Steputat, who was born on August 2, 1934 in Jokehnen , a fictitious East Prussian village between Rastenburg and Insterburg - on the very day that Reich President Paul von Hindenburg died and Adolf Hitler finally became an unrestricted dictator in the German Reich rises.
Key credits listed on this page include Michael Lähn, Arno Surminski, Claus Hubalek, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ursela Monn, and Günter Lüdke.