Watchmaker Erika Backström runs the family business with an iron hand. But her life is turned upside down when she meets the gardener Otto during a short stay at a castle hotel.
Walter Bannert
Director
Heidelinde Weis
Erika Backström
Günther Maria Halmer
Otto Frank
Katharina Stemberger
Vanessa Backström
Florian Teichmeister
Markus Backström
Dirk Martens
Ewald
Johanna Mertinz
Frau Imme
Hertha Schell
Frau Stich
Rudy Ruggiero
David Gordon
Franz Solar
Bruno
Doris Golpashin
Daniela
Antonia Jung
Patrizia
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