Junge Frau von 1914

Plot Summary

In 1914 Berlin, bank heiress Leonore Wahl and struggling Munich student Werner Bertin fall passionately in love, defying class and her parents’ expectations. Their idyll is shattered by the outbreak of WWI: Werner, swept up in patriotic fervor, is conscripted to the Western Front, while Leonore, pregnant and abandoned, faces her family’s condemnation and a clandestine abortion. Set against the tumult of war, the film explores idealism, social divides, and the personal costs of duty and desire.

Top Cast

Jutta Hoffmann Leonore Wahl

Klaus Piontek Werner Bertin

Inge Keller Mathilde Wahl

Fred Düren Hugo Wahl

Martin Flörchinger Markus Wahl