Solo Sunny (1980)

Sunny is the singer of band trying to establish itself in the music-scene of East-Berlin. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out of touch with the audience and her life ... See full summary »

Directors:

Konrad Wolf, Wolfgang Kohlhaase

Writers:

Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Dieter Wolf (dramatisation)

Stars:

Renate Krößner, Alexander Lang, Dieter Montag

13 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Renate Krößner	...	Sunny
Alexander Lang	...	Ralph
Dieter Montag	...	Harry
Heide Kipp	...	Christine
Klaus Brasch	...	Norbert
Hansjürgen Hürrig	...	Hubert
Harald Warmbrunn	...	Benno
Olaf Mierau	...	Udo
Ursula Braun	...	Frau Pfeiffer
Regine Doreen	...	Monika
Klaus Händel	...	Bernd
Rolf Pfannenstein	...	Ernesto
Bernd Stegemann	...	Detlev
Fred Düren	...	Doktor
Ulrich Anschütz	...	Grafiker

Storyline

Sunny is the singer of band trying to establish itself in the music-scene of East-Berlin. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out of touch with the audience and her life as a whole. She begins a relationship with the amateur saxophonist and studied philosopher Ralph who writes her a very personal song - but his obsession with death and unfaithful lifestyle is not for her. After getting into a quarrel with a band member who harasses her and telling off a show-host she is thrown out of the band. Abandoned, she struggles to regain control over her life.

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Plot Keywords:

band | show host | singer | philosopher | audience | 

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Genres:

Drama | Music

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Details

Country:

East Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

18 January 1980 (East Germany)

Also Known As:

Gia mia thesi sti zoi

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

VEB DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Babelsberg''

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (Orwocolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

While director Konrad Wolf was very fond of Wolfgang Kohlhaase's script, he had trouble with its subject matter and believed it just wasn't his kind of story. However, he reportedly changed his mind during a car ride from the film studios in Babelsberg to Berlin, stating that he had figured out what he would like to achieve with this film.

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Connections

Referenced in Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte (2008)

User Reviews

The role of women in Solo Sunny

The movie is about the role of women in the GDR... basically, women were craving for independence and appreciation. Sunny, the lead character, tried her best to survive in a very hostile place/group. The men in her life were actually seen as the antagonists. The character development was at times inconsistent... Contradiction could also be observed in that movie like Sunny, having been developed as an independent character, needed someone, like Ralph, to fill the space or emptiness...

Although I am a feminist myself, I didn't like the character of Sunny because in the movie, she was seen as a very irresponsible woman... a woman of the world... a woman who didn't care about the people around her... a modern woman...

The movie is a bit dragging and exasperating at some point... but nevertheless, it is a movie about changes and realizations...