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"After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: here love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; his enthusiasm about his new chemical process, which turned to bitter disappointment in the face of rejection; his escape to Wes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hosalla, Hans Dieter (Composer)
Corporate Authors: DEFA. Studio für Spielfilme, DEFA-Stiftung, DEFA Gruppe Heinrich Greif, Icestorm Entertainment GmbH, First-Run Features (Firm)
Other Authors: Wolf, Konrad, 1925-1982 (Director), Wolf, Gerhard, Brückner, Willi, Kuba, 1914-1967, Und, Christa, Blume, Renate, 1944- (Actor), Esche, Eberhard, 1933-2006 (Actor), Hardt-Hardtloff, Hans, 1906-1974 (Actor), Grabbert, Günter, 1931-, Pelikowsky, Erika, 1916-1990, Thate, Hilmar (Actor), Flörchinger, Martin, 1909-2004 (Actor), Krause, Helga (Actor), Wolf, Christa
Format: Video DVD
Language:German
Language Notes:German dialogue ; optional English subtitles ; menu and special feature in German or English.
Published: ©2009
Subjects:
Wolf, Christa > Film adaptations.
Germany > History > 1945-1990 > Drama.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 > Sociological aspects > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, German.
Historical films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
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Summary:"After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: here love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; his enthusiasm about his new chemical process, which turned to bitter disappointment in the face of rejection; his escape to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built; and his hope that she would follow him. Based on Christa Wolf's internationally acclaimed novel and criticized in the GDR for questioning the construction of the Wall, the film was made during a brief cultural thaw in the early 1960s." -- Container.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Christa Wolf.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964.
Bonus features: Biographies and filmographies [text feature].
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; NTSC.
Production Credits:Kamera, Werner Bergmann ; schnitt [= editing], Helga Krause; musik, Hans-Dieter Hosalla.