DIVIDED HEAVEN - DVD

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• Release Year: 1964
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: In 1961, Rita returns to her childhood village after a breakdown. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for chemist Manfred, 10 years her senior; his enthusiasm about his new chemical process, which turned to bitter disappointment in the face of rejection; his escape to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built; and his hope that she would follow him. This East German classic, praised by critics as one of Germany's 100 Most Important Films, is based on Christa Wolf's internationally-known novel, 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 French Nouvelle Vague cinema.
• Cast: Renate Blume, Eberhard Esche, Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
• Director: Konrad Wolf
• Runtime: 116 min
• Media Format: movie