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2 October 1964 (East Germany)
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Cast
(in credits order) | Renate Blume | ... | Rita Seidel |
| Eberhard Esche | ... | Manfred Herrfurth |
| Hans Hardt-Hardtloff | ... | Rolf Meternagel |
| Hilmar Thate | ... | Ernst Wendland |
| Martin Flörchinger | ... | Herrfurth |
| Erika Pelikowsky | ... | Frau Herrfurth |
| Günther Grabbert | ... | Ernst Schwarzenbach |
| Horst Jonischkan | ... | Martin Jung |
| Petra Kelling | ... | Sigrid |
| Jürgen Kern | ... | Hänschen |
| Horst Weinheimer | ... | Ermisch |
| Hans-Joachim Hanisch | ... | Kuhl |
| Frank Michelis | ... | Karßuweit |
| Paul Berndt | ... | Melcher |
| Christoph Engel | ... | Liebentrau |
| Uwe-Detlev Jessen | ... | Mangold |
| Erik Veldre | ... | Schwabe |
| Otto Lang | ... | Professor |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Alfred Baier | ... | Kellner auf Waggonbauer-Ball |
| Fredy Barten | ... | Kneipenwirt |
| Hilmar Baumann | ... | Nachrichtenüberbringer |
| Lothar Bellag | ... | Dr. Seiffert |
| Angela Brunner | ... | Dr. Müllers Verlobte |
| Gerhard Büch | ... | Kellner auf der Party |
| Michael Dejak | ... | Assistent auf Professorenparty |
| Werner Eberlein | ... | Gagarins Stimme (voice) |
| Eva-Marie Fröhlich | ... | Partygast |
| Uwe Germann | ... | Wendlands Sohn |
| Arthur Gutschwager | ... | Blumenverkäufer |
| Heinz Hellmich | ... | Arzt |
| Rita Hempel | ... | Frau am S-Bahn-Schalter |
| Peter Herden | ... | Reisebegleiter |
| Gerhard Hänsel | ... | Assistent auf Professorenparty |
| Willy Jänsch | ... | Burgführer |
| Waltraud Kramm | ... | Frau Schwarzenbach |
| Agnes Kraus | ... | Frau Meternagel |
| Herbert Krüger | ... | Kellner auf Waggonbauer-Ball |
| Willi Liebner | ... | Kellner auf Waggonbauer-Ball |
| Siegfried Menzel | ... | Dr. Müller |
| Gert Müller | ... | Assistent auf Professorenparty |
| Sylvia Nechanitzky | ... | Mädchen mit Luftballon |
| Hildegard Röder | ... | Frau Seiffert |
| Werner Schmidt-Wieland | ... | RIAS-Nachrichtensprecher (voice) |
| Karin Seybert | ... | Manfreds Tante |
| Maria Sänger | ... | Ritas Tante |
| Lissy Tempelhof | ... | Narrator (voice) |
| Carla Thomalla | ... | Partygast |
| Dorothea Volk | ... | Ritas Mutter |
| Geseta von Etzel | ... | Frau Professor |
| Detlef Witte | ... | Dozent |
| Tinka Wolf | ... | Singendes Mädchen |
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| Konrad Wolf | |||
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| Christa Wolf | (screenplay) and | |
| Gerhard Wolf | (screenplay) and | |
| Konrad Wolf | (screenplay) and | |
| Willi Brückner | (screenplay) and | |
| Kurt Barthel | (screenplay) | |
| Christa Wolf | novel | |
Original Music by | |||
| Hans-Dieter Hosalla | |||
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| Werner Bergmann | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Helga Krause | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Alfred Hirschmeier | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Dorit Gründel | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Otto Banse | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Lothar Erdmann | .... | unit manager | |
| Hans-Joachim Funk | .... | production manager | |
| Irene Ikker | .... | unit manager | |
| Erwin Rose | .... | unit manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Kurt Barthel | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Willi Schafer | .... | set builder | |
| Fritz Stemmer | .... | property master: outdoor | |
Sound Department | |||
| Konrad Walle | .... | sound | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Hans-Herbert Ikker | .... | gaffer | |
| Peter Schlaak | .... | assistant camera | |
| Peter Süring | .... | assistant camera | |
Other crew | |||
| Willi Brückner | .... | script editor | |
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- VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb (1964) (East Germany) (theatrical)
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Germany:116 min | UK:110 min
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*** This review may contain spoilers ***
The underlying book pf Christa Wolf is very famous and many German children already have read it in school. The movie follows the book very accurately, the author herself also worked for the movie script.
It is a story about a couple which is separated through the different ways the two German states took. The girl is 20 and the boy 29 when they meet. They live together in a bigger city in eastern Germany where he finishes his studies and she starts to study at the university. She also starts to work in a factory. In the process of working with her colleagues she starts to understand the difficulties of working in a socialist economy and how different people react to these obstacles. Some turn inside and work only as much as necessary, others try to achieve something but have to deal with politics. She feels more and more passion for this society and starts to encourage others to speak out and not to give up.
Her friend gets more and more frustrated triggered by the rejection of a new process developed by him. He sees more chance to work and pursue his career in the west and so he leaves eastern Germany. He expects his girl-friend to follow him but she decides after having visited him that she belongs to her colleagues and into her world. The love story ends.
The movie has a kind of sad undertone. His decision appears like "giving up" and she looses the only one she loves. The film ends with her saying that she is over it waiting for a letter of him.
What I liked about this movie is the seriousness and the good dialogs. The love story is told without a sentimentality and therefore even more convincing. It is a good contrast to some "softer" movies of the (western German) 60ies. However to understand also the context in which the book has been written, it is helpful to dig into the internet and look for the official role writers had in the late 50ies in the GDR.