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1 online resource (1 video file (109 min.) ; sound, black and white |
Summary |
After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; how his enthusiasm about his new chemical process turned to bitter disappointment in the face of official rejection; how he escaped to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built and hoped that she would follow him. This East German classic is praised by critics as one of Germany's 100 Most Important Films. It is based on Christa Wolf's internationally-renowned novel, which was criticized in the GDR for questioning the construction of the Wall. Produced during a brief cultural thaw in the early 1960s, this film was strongly influenced by the French Nouvelle Vague |
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Title from title frames |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1963 |
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Based on the novel by Christa Wolf |
Credits |
Script, Christa Wolf, Gerhard Wolf, Konrad Wolf, Willi Brückner, Kurt Barthel ; directed by Konrad Wolf ; cinematography, Werner Bergmann ; editing, Helga Krause ; music, Hans-Dieter Hosalla |
Cast |
Renate Blume, Eberhard Esche, Hans Hardt-Hardtloff, Hilmar Thate, Günter Grabbert, Martin Flörchinger ; narrator, Lissy Tempelhoff |
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This version distributed by DEFA Film Library |
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In German with English subtitles |
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Unmarried couples -- Germany (East) -- Drama
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Chemists -- Germany (East) -- Drama
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Man-woman relationships -- Germany (East) -- Drama
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Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 -- Sociological aspects -- Drama
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama
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Unmarried couples
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Chemists
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Man-woman relationships
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Germany -- History -- 1945-1990 -- Drama
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Germany (East)
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Germany
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Genre/Form |
Romance films
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Internet videos
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Film adaptations
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Fiction films
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Drama
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Feature films
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History
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Romance films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Internet videos.
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Romance
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Films d'amour.
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Adaptations cinématographiques.
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Films de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Wolf, Konrad, 1925-1982, film director, screenwriter.
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Wolf, Christa, screenwriter.
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Wolf, Gerhard, 1928- screenwriter.
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Brückner, Willi, screenwriter.
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Kuba, 1914-1967, screenwriter.
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Blume, Renate, 1944- actor.
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Esche, Eberhard, 1933-2006, actor.
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Hardt-Hardtloff, Hans, 1906-1974, actor.
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Thate, Hilmar, actor.
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Grabbert, Günter, 1931- actor.
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Flörchinger, Martin, 1909-2004, actor.
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Tempelhoff, Lissy, 1929-2017, narrator
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Wolf, Christa.
Geteilte Himmel
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DEFA. Studio für Spielfilme, production company.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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