Lotti Portuné, widow of a former embassy counsellor, is on her way to find her first true love Ernst Liedke, who is a skipper on the Elbe. Charlotte, Lotti’s daughter is trying to convince her mother to return to Vienna quickly as she is about to get married. But Lotti wants to stay with Ernst. But then Charlotte falls in love with Ernst’s young colleague Paul.

Written by Katharina Hajos und Constanze Fischer Directed by Peter Weissflog Director of photography Rainer Gutjahr Sound Rupert Medele Edited by Christiane Fazlagic Costume design Barbara Ehret Set design Gudrun Roscher Production manager Moritz Hansen Executive producer Andreas Knoblauch Editorial department Jana Brandt (MDR), Alexander Vedernjak (ORF), Katharina Schenk (ORF) Head of production Dagmar Rosenbauer Cast Heidelinde Weis, Charles Brauer, Daniel Morgenroth, Elisabeth Lanz, Wolfgang Winkler, Walfriede Schmitt u.a. Client MDR / ORF Shooting period 23.09. – 24.10.2003 in Dresden, Wien, Torgau und Meißen Broadcast May 18, 2005 » back