| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 94 min.) |
| Summary |
For summer vacation, two groups of high school students hitchhike to the Baltic Sea, where fun and trouble mix to create ties of friendship and love. After DEFA made a number of "pessimistic" films for teenagers, this musical was a breakthrough into unrestrained entertainment and was one of East Germany's top box-office hits. Hot Summer was featured in the 1997 documentary on East Bloc musicals, Eastside Story. While hitchhiking to the Baltic, a group of twelve girls from Leipzig meets a group of eleven boys from Karl Marx Stadt and they take bets on who will get to the Baltic first. Naturally, the girls have an advantage over the boys when it comes to hitchhiking, so the boys have to make up for this blow to their egos. When the two groups finally meet up on a Baltic beach, the posturing continues; but there is not much cohesion and couples form and withdraw from the group. The love triangle between Brit, Wolf and Kai starts to take center stage. East Germany's own unique version of Grease, since its 1993 comeback Hot Summer has developed a cult following |
| Notes |
Title from title frames |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, Joachim Hasler, Roland Dressel ; editor, Anneliese Hinze-Sokolow ; music, Gerd Natschinski, Thomas Natschinski ; costume designer, Dorit Gründel ; set designer, Alfred Tolle ; choreographer, Gisela Walther |
| Cast |
Chris Doerk, Frank Schöbel, Regine Albrecht, Hanns-Michael Schmidt |
| Event |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968 |
| Notes |
In German with English subtitles |
| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama
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Teenage boys -- Drama
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Teenage girls -- Drama
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Vacations -- Drama
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Man-woman relationships.
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Teenage boys.
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Teenage girls.
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Vacations.
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| SUBJECT |
Baltic Sea -- Drama
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| Subject |
Atlantic Ocean -- Baltic Sea.
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Musical films.
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Comedy films.
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Musical films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Films comiques.
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Films musicaux.
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Films de fiction.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Hasler, Joachim, 1929- film director, screenwriter.
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Doerk, Chris, actor.
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Schöbel, Frank, actor.
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Albrecht, Regine, actor.
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Schmidt, Hanns-Michael, actor.
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Welzel, Georg-Peter, actor
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Scharfenberg, Dieter
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Janowski, Maurycy
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Natschinski, Gerd
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Natschinski, Thomas
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DEFA. Studio für Spielfilme, production company.
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DEFA. Studio für Spielfilme. Gruppe Johannisthal, production company.
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