Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. The house is destroyed and Lene and Anna moves in with relatives in Berlin. Hans survives the war but he is not the same person as in 1939, and he and Lene find it difficult to live together again.
| Directing | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Director |
| Crew | Bertolt Brecht | Poem |
| Writing | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Writer |
| Production | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Producer |
| Editing | Uta Periginelli | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janken Janssen | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Berthold Sack | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Walter Höllerer | Producer |
| Art | Götz Heymann | Production Design |
| Production | Volker Canaris | Producer |
| Camera | Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Telg-Tebbe | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Elfie Tillack | Editor |
| Production | Fritz Poppenberg | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Ursula Ludwig | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Jürgen Knieper | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Renée Gundelach | Consulting Producer |
