| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 109 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1963. |
| Summary |
After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; how his enthusiasm about his new chemical process turned to bitter disappointment in the face of official rejection; how he escaped to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built and hoped that she would follow him. This East German classic is praised by critics as one of Germany's 100 Most Important Films. It is based on Christa Wolf's internationally-renowned novel, which was criticized in the GDR for questioning the construction of the Wall. Produced during a brief cultural thaw in the early 1960s, this film was strongly influenced by the French Nouvelle Vague. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Berlin Wall, Berlin, German, 1961-1989 -- Sociological aspects -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Germany -- History -- 1945-1990 -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Wolf, Konrad, 1925-1982, film director.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Der geteilte himmel. |
| Music No. |
1116680 Kanopy |
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