
Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers, Anton receives a piece and hopes to be able to work freely. But an old debt and intrigue keep Anton and his family from finding peace. The farmers of the village begin to discover their own power when Annegret, Anton's daughter, leaves. Is a new beginning possible for Anton? This film paints an impressive panorama of the development of a minor village in Mecklenburg from the end of the war to the uprising of 17 June 1953.
Directed by Kurt Maetzig
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Cast

Raimund Schelcher
Krummer Anton

Erika Dunkelmann
Marthe

Karla Runkehl
Annegret

Erwin Geschonneck
estate inspector Bröker

Harry Hindemith
Kalle Buddenboom

Helga Göring
Christel Sikura
Wilhelm Puchert
Jens Voss
Angelika Hurwicz
Hede

Dieter Perlwitz
Klimm
Hans Finohr
old Sikura

Marga Legal
Elisabeth Bröker

Lotte Loebinger
old Sikura
Kurt Dunkelmann
Wittig
Ekkehard Schall
Ekkehart
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