The Best Years poster

Movie · 1965

The Best Years

Released 30 September 1965 More from 1965 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

In 1945, Ernst Machner returns home from the war in his mid-20s. Tuche would like him to weave for a living, but his comrades persuade him to become a young teacher instead.

FR·01

How old were they?

Oldest first
Harry Hindemith
as Meister
59
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
59
Herwart Grosse
as Schneller
57
Bruno Carstens
46
Brigitte Lindenberg
41
Lissy Tempelhof
as Hilde Tamm
36
Horst Papke
36
Helga Labudda
30
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
29years between the oldest and youngest billed
59Harry Hindemith — oldest on the call sheet
30Helga Labudda — youngest billed
46average age of the credited cast
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