Overview
The armouring soldier and writer Werner Bertin is ordered to the Western Front to France during the First World War. The use before Verdun - with all the horrors of war in the period 1916/1917 - brings a fundamental change of consciousness for the academic from Berlin. The intellectual devoted to bravery by fate develops into a disappointed but rebellious being. He sees more and more the injustices of warlike conflicts and their social causes.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 38 | June 22, 1998 (63) | |
 | - | - | |
| 39 | April 14, 1997 (63) | |
 | 37 | September 14, 1997 (61) | |
 | 37 | October 21, 2011 (75) | |
 | 37 | 89 | |
| - | - | |
 | 29 | 81 | |
 | 32 | October 10, 2011 (70) | |
 | 36 | 88 |