Dach überm Kopf (1980)

Plot Summary

Karoline Gluth is approaching forty, has an 18-year-old son who is studying and is therefore independent. She decides to start a new life and says goodbye to the family inn on the island of Rügen, where she earned a good living as a cook. She buys a little house on the outskirts of Berlin - based on a photo. The reality, however, looks less favourable than the picture. The house is close to collapse and has an illegal occupant, Christian. She evicts him, but he helps her through the jungle of organising tradesmen and materials. In the process, she meets construction brigadier Herbert Kotbuß, clashes with him - and impresses him. Karoline struggles through, the money runs out, she even has to sell her car, and in the end the house is still pretty much a patchwork. But she has realised her ambition for herself - a new independent life begins.

Full Cast & Characters

Renate Geißler

Karoline Gluth

Dieter Franke

Udo Schenk

Christian von der Weide

Erika Dunkelmann

Else Gluth

Helga Raumer

Bärbel Bolle

Helmut Bez

Wolfgang Dehler

Gudrun Ritter

Erste Küchenfrau

Karin Schröder

Wolfgang Lohse

Manfred Richter

Director & Crew

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