The Happy Years of the ThorwaldsMovie
The Thorwald family is well-off and contented when a tragedy strikes: the father is killed in an accident. Miss Thorwald takes over the raising of her children, four girls and two boys with the youngest already fifteen years old. She manages to keep them together in spite of the fact that their economic situation deteriorates after World War I. Never one to look too critically upon her brood, the woman undergoes a moving and gradual transformation as the adult activities of her children bring home the fact that none of them are what she had once imagined.
About The Happy Years of the Thorwalds
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds is a 1962 drama movie directed by John Olden, Wolfgang Staudte.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 28m, production credits from Germany, an original language code of DE.
The credited cast includes Elisabeth Bergner, Hansjörg Felmy, Johanna Matz, Dietmar Schönherr. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
