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 …
Stars: Renate Blume, Eberhard Esche, Hans Hardt-Hardtloff, Hilmar Thate, Martin Flörchinger, Erika Pelikowsky
Crew: Werner Bergmann (Director of Photography), Konrad Wolf (Screenplay), Konrad Wolf (Director), Christa Wolf (Novel), Christa Wolf (Screenplay), Gerhard Wolf (Screenplay)
Country: East Germany
Language: Deutsch
Studio: DEFA
Runtime: 116 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Oct 02, 1964
IMDb: 4.6
Keywords:cold war, eastern germany