The chronicle of a farming family from the village of Barnekow in the Mark Brandenburg region spanning three generations: After repeatedly failing to make their farm on marshy land a success, the Wardins finally find professional and personal happiness after World War II thanks to the 1945 land reform in the Soviet occupation zone during the GDR era of "developed socialism."
DirectorHelmut Krätzig
WritersJoachim Goll, Gerhard Jarolim, Helmut Krätzig
