The inhabitants of ‘Hauptstrasse 117’ introduce themselves as private individuals.

We supply background information on them in English, so you can make connections between their real lives and how they are portrayed in the film. That way you will acquire a great deal of information about the typical way of life of contemporary Germans.

Most of the performers live or used to live in the little town of Langenberg ( Velbert ) in the Ruhr District.

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