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Also known as The Divided Sky

1964 film directed by Konrad Wolf

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6.4

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 …

Released: 1964-10-02116 minDir: Konrad WolfDrama, Romance

Cast

  • Lissy Tempelhof as Narrator
  • Werner Eberlein as Narrator
  • Renate Blume as Rita Seidel
  • Eberhard Esche as Manfred Herrfurth
  • Hans Hardt-Hardtloff as Rolf Meternagel
  • Hilmar Thate as Wendland

Themes

  • cold war
  • eastern germany

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Ratings

IMDb

6.5/10

526 votes

Year
1964
Runtime
116 min
Genres
Drama, Romance

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
Germany
Original language
German
Director
Konrad Wolf
Screenwriter
Kurt Barthel
Production company
DEFA
Duration
114
FilmAffinity ID
687406
Image
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-C0712-0002-008, Karlsbad, Filmfestival, Beyer, Bodenstein, Lesser, Simenow, Witt.jpg
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publication date
1964-01-01
title
Der geteilte Himmel
after a work by
Christa Wolf
assessment
Bechdel test
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