When Isa (Nadja Uhl) provokes the Nazis at her exam party with a satirical song, she is denied her degree despite passing the exam. She has to give up her plan to become a teacher and, against the will of her mother Petra (Iris Berben), manages to perform in a political cabaret. As a singer with an accordion, she celebrates stage successes and falls in love with the pianist Laurenz (Hinnerk Schönemann).

Through her brother Erich (Max von Thun), Isa meets the fascinating Countess Elisabeth von Plettenberg (Peri Baumeister), who heads a Catholic circle. Both women are attracted to each other. When Isa learns that her father (Friedrich von Thun) is cheating on her mother, she is devastated. She is also unsettled by the fate of Laurenz, who was abducted by Nazis. In her search for a new direction in life, she turns to Catholicism.

During the Second World War, Isa’s family gets caught up in the wheels of political power and is torn apart. Isa survives and returns to Berlin…

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    Drehbuch
    Annette Hess & Franziska Gerstenberg / Thomas Berger
    frei nach der Biographie "EIn weites Herz - Die zwei Leben der Isa Vermehren"
    von Matthias Wegner

    Regie
    Thomas Berger

    Kamera
    Frank Küpper

    Szenenbild
    Thorsten Lau

    Kostüm
    Natascha Curtius-Noss

    Musik
    Florian Tessloff

    Casting
    Rebecca Gerling

    Editor
    Barbara Hennings

    Produktionsleitung
    Michael C. Wagner

    Herstellungsleitung
    Roger Daute

    Produzenten
    Jutta Lieck-Klenke, Dietrich Kluge

    Produktion
    Network Movie, Hamburg

    Redaktion
    Günther van Endert


    Die Rollen und ihre Darsteller

    Nadja Uhl
    Iris Berben
    Peri Baumeister
    Friedrich von Thun
    Max von Thun
    Alexander Khuon
    Hinnerk Schönemann
    Jürgen Tarrach
    Thomas Thieme
    Eleonore Weisgerber

    u.a.