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A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.
Top billed cast
Nina HossAnonyma
Evgeniy SidikhinMajor Andreij Rybkin
Juliane KöhlerElke
August DiehlGerd
Irm HermannWitwe
Rüdiger VoglerEckhart
Ulrike KrumbiegelIlse Hoch
Isabell GerschkeLisbeth
Rolf KaniesFriedrich Hoch
Jördis TriebelBärbel Maltaus
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