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Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment
Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment
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Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment

Original Title: Vera - Der schwere Weg der Erkenntnis

1989
4h 4m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1989

Runtime

4h 4m

Storyline

The story of Vera Lenz, a young and very attractive woman who is the daughter of a pastor and comes from a small coastal village on the North Sea (FRG). She is intelligent, determined, but also hungry for adventure, and she fascinates the world of men. She has developed into an accomplished secretary with excellent foreign language skills - predestined for an international career. Her meeting with Colonel Shelvin paves the way for this: Vera is able to take up a position at NATO headquarters in Brussels and, thanks to her achievements, she travels to many countries and meets countless interesting people.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
4h 4m
Jan 29, 1989
Languages
German
Director
Horst Seemann
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Fernsehen der DDR
Fernsehen der DDR
Production Countries
East Germany

Top Cast

30 Cast Members

Jolanta Nowak

Jolanta Nowak

Vera Lenz

Jan Nowicki

Jan Nowicki

Frederic Shelvin

Marylu Poolman

Frau Lenz

Peter Sodann

Peter Sodann

US-General Rathers

Harald Engelmann

Hauptmann Scholz

Heinz-Dieter Knaup

Oberst von Wedel

Jan Pawlowski

Lord Cavendish

Joachim Pape

General

Leon Niemczyk

Leon Niemczyk

Donatas Banionis

Donatas Banionis

Marion van de Kamp

Marion van de Kamp

Ernst Heise

Henryk Talar

Henryk Talar

Barbara Brylska

Barbara Brylska

Jürgen Zartmann

Jürgen Zartmann

Jerzy Moes

Jerzy Moes

Lothar Förster

Ottilia Borbáth

Ottilia Borbáth

Mario Turra

Zygmunt Maciejewski

Zygmunt Maciejewski

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