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Trace of Stones

Original title: Spur der Steine
  • 19661966
  • 2h 19m
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7.4/10
928
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Manfred Krug in Trace of Stones (1966)
ComedyDramaRomance
A film about living and working conditions in the GDR of the 1960s, including a little love story, of course.A film about living and working conditions in the GDR of the 1960s, including a little love story, of course.A film about living and working conditions in the GDR of the 1960s, including a little love story, of course.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
928
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    • Frank Beyer
    • Erik Neutsch(novel "Spur der Steine")
    • Karl-Georg Egel(screenplay)
    • Frank Beyer(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Manfred Krug
    • Krystyna Stypulkowska
    • Jutta Hoffmann(voice)
    • Frank Beyer
    • Erik Neutsch(novel "Spur der Steine")
    • Karl-Georg Egel(screenplay)
    • Frank Beyer(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Manfred Krug
    • Krystyna Stypulkowska
    • Jutta Hoffmann(voice)
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    • 7User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Manfred Krug
    Manfred Krug
    • Hannes Balla
    Krystyna Stypulkowska
    • Kati Klee
    Jutta Hoffmann
    • Kati Klee
    • (voice)
    Eberhard Esche
    • Werner Horrath
    Johannes Wieke
    • Hermann Jansen
    Walter Richter-Reinick
    • Richard Trautmann
    Hans-Peter Minetti
    • Heinz Bleibtreu
    Walter Jupé
    • Hesselbarth
    Ingeborg Schumacher
    • Marianne Horrath
    Gertrud Brendler
    • Frau Schickedanz
    Helga Göring
    • Elli
    Erich Mirek
    • Oswald Ziemer
    Fred Ludwig
    • Wolbig
    Helmut Schreiber
    • Elsbers
    Erik Veldre
    • Dieter Jochmann
    Karl Brenk
    • Buechner
    Hans-Peter Reinecke
    Hans-Peter Reinecke
    • Galonski
    Detlef Eisner
    • Nick
    • (as Detlev Eisner)
      • Frank Beyer
      • Erik Neutsch(novel "Spur der Steine")
      • Karl-Georg Egel(screenplay)
      • Frank Beyer(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      While at first the film was broadly advertised in East-Germany and drew great anticipation, opposition within the Ministry of Culture (Ministerium für Kultur) grew shortly before its planned release. Posters and other advertisements were removed without further ado, and the conservative newspaper Neues Deutschland was the only one allowed to publish a review. The film's premiere (the show was sold out and Frank Bayer and the main cast were present) was disrupted by audience members shouting denounciations during the screening. The same was true for most of the screenings in Berlin and other cities. It is believed that these protests were secretly organized by the Ministry of Culture, as they resulted in the film disappearing from theaters within three days. "Spur der Steine" was classified as hostile to the party (the SED) and to East-Germany as a whole and was not screened again until October 1989.
    • Connections
      Featured in Century of Cinema: Die Nacht der Regisseure (1995)
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      O du Fröhliche
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      Written by Heinrich Holzschuher and Johannes Daniel Falk

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    a great and honest gdr film
    A delightful film that is far more truthful about life in GDR than one might expect from DEFA--understandably but unfortunately banned by the government for how thoughtfully and ambivalently it portrays the party. Rather straightforward style, with some wonderful shots but altogether rather conservative and uneventful in terms of camera shots. All the better for the characters and the plots, though, which are compelling enough. Not a trivial love story, though with its cliched moments, it is more poignant and ambiguous and unpredictable than similar DEFA films. Balla is great to watch, and nicely tempers the potential melodrama of Kati and Werner. None of the characters is simpleminded or heroic, all are fleshed out well.
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    • May 14, 2002

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      • July 1, 1966 (East Germany)
      • East Germany
      • German
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      • Coswig, Saxony, Germany
    • Production company
      • Deutsche Film (DEFA)
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    • 2 hours 19 minutes
      • Mono

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