
After the death of their father, 18-year-old Helene Raupe (“coccoon”) and her younger sister Asta come under the guardianship of the youth welfare office in East Berlin. Helene fails miserably as a fishmonger, fashion assistant and bus conductor, all jobs ordained for her by the authorities. The young woman really only “emerges” in her fantasies, where she can escape from her dull, normal life.
Melania Jakubisková
Helene
Christa Heiser
Asta

Carola Braunbock
Tante
Milan Sládek
Pantomime

Herwart Grosse
Kubinke, Busfahrer

Rolf Hoppe
Himmelblau

Lissy Tempelhof
Frau Fertig

Irene Korb
Leiterin des Exquisit
Heinz-Jörg Herrmann
Boxer
Freimut Götsch
Freund des Boxers

Peter Rabenalt
Saxophonspieler

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Betrunkener im Bus

Carmen-Maja Antoni
Karin Heinrich
Marion, Helenes Freunding
Lothar Förster
Dozent
Sina Fiedler-Engel
Gert Klisch
Max Klingberg
Hans-Joachim Glaeser
Kurt Barthel
Christa Wolf, Gerhard Wolf, Kurt Barthel
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