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 …
Konrad Wolf
Director
Lissy Tempelhof
Narrator
Werner Eberlein
Narrator
Renate Blume
Rita Seidel
Eberhard Esche
Manfred Herrfurth
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Rolf Meternagel
Hilmar Thate
Wendland
Martin Flörchinger
Herr Herrfurth
Erika Pelikowsky
Frau Herrfurth
Günter Grabbert
Ernst Schwarzenbach
Maria's Lovers60%
Ashes in the Snow64%
Petulia60%
Das Leben der Anderen80%
Wander Darkly60%
A Journal for Jordan69%
Strange Weather58%
Hellion58%
The Truth About Emanuel59%
The Edge of Love62%
Gabriel's Inferno: Part II83%
Game of Love60%
Newness60%
Beast62%
Bastard Out of Carolina71%
Time Is Up65%
The Mother59%
Shining Through65%
Love Me Love Me59%
Circle of Friends62%
