The bicycle = (Das Fahrrad).

Susanne is a young, single mother who lives a somewhat alternative, unstructured lifestyle. After quitting her job, she finds herself in trouble financially and attempts a minor insurance fraud to make ends meet. Despite its rare view of everyday socialism from a woman's perspective, East Germa...

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Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors: Schmidt, Evelyn (Director), Schneider, Heidemarie (Actor), Kamínski, Roman (Actor), Friedrich, Anne (Actor), Bartholomäus, Heidrun (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:German
English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
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Summary:Susanne is a young, single mother who lives a somewhat alternative, unstructured lifestyle. After quitting her job, she finds herself in trouble financially and attempts a minor insurance fraud to make ends meet. Despite its rare view of everyday socialism from a woman's perspective, East German officials were critical of this frank portrayal of a less-than-ideal socialist citizen and turned down all invitations for the film to be screened abroad. In West Germany, however, Evelyn Schmidt's film received much praise for its critical feminist approach. The bicycle was part of the 2005 Rebels with a cause : the cinema of East Germany retrospective, shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 100 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.