Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Konrad Wolf |
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| Writer: | Gerhard Wolf, Konrad Wolf, Kurt Barthel, Willi Brückner, Christa Wolf |
| Staring: |
| 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 … | |
| Release Date: | Oct 02, 1964 |
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| Director: | Konrad Wolf |
| Writer: | Gerhard Wolf, Konrad Wolf, Kurt Barthel, Willi Brückner, Christa Wolf |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | eastern germany, cold war |
| Production Companies | DEFA, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Heinrich Greif" |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Oct 20, 2025 Entered: Oct 20, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Agnes Kraus | Frau Meternagel |
| Hilmar Baumann | |
| Paul Berndt | Melcher |
| Horst Jonischkan | Martin Jung |
| Petra Kelling | Sigrid |
| Horst Weinheimer | Ermisch |
| Hans-Joachim Hanisch | Kuhl |
| Christoph Engel | Liebentrau |
| Uwe Detlef Jessen | Mangold |
| Erik Veldre | Schwabe |
| Otto Lang | Professor |
| Lothar Bellag | Dr. Seiffert |
| Dorothea Volk | Ritas Mutter |
| Waltraut Kramm | Frau Schwarzenbach |
| Angela Brunner | |
| Peter Herden | |
| Heinz Hellmich | Doctor |
| Fredy Barten | Kneipenwirt |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gerhard Wolf | Screenplay |
| Helga Krause | Editor |
| Alfred Hirschmeier | Decorator, Graphic Designer |
| Peter Schlaak | Assistant Camera |
| Otto Banse | Makeup Artist |
| Konrad Wolf | Director, Screenplay |
| Kurt Barthel | Screenplay, Assistant Director |
| Willi Brückner | Screenplay, Script Editor |
| Peter Süring | Assistant Camera |
| Konrad Walle | Sound |
| Christa Wolf | Screenplay, Novel |
| Dorit Gründel | Costumer |
| Hans-Joachim Funk | Production Manager |
| Hans-Dieter Hosalla | Music |
| Werner Bergmann | Camera Operator, Director of Photography |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 10 | 302 | 540 |