The Olympic Summer

Overview

In 1936 Nazi Germany, a young, innocent apprentice, full of Olympic fever, leaves his rural village to see the ceremonies in Berlin. Upon arriving in the capitol, he meets a widow and a relationship blossoms. They spend an idyllic summer at her lakeside home, but the forces of totalitarianism cannot be held at bay and soon invade their lives.

Cast

Jost Gerstein

Verena Plangger

Otto Ruck

Fleischermeister

Daniela Kirsch

1. Bauernmagd

Susanne Binninger

2. Bauernmagd

Helga Kröger

Mutter des Gesellen

Joachim John

Vater des Gesellen

Johanna Maugg

Bäuerin

Gordian Maugg Sr.

Bauer

Werner Schmetzer

Akkordeonspieler