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Deutschland, bleiche Mutter

Germany Pale Mother
Helma Sanders-Brahms
1980 Germany 123 minutes German
© Helma Sander Filmproduktion
© Helma Sander Filmproduktion

In Germany of the 1930s, Hans and Lene get married. War breaks out. While her husband is away on the front, Lene gives birth to a baby girl, Anna. Both of them find themselves facing fear, violence and deprivation. On Hans’ return, the couple breaks up, Germany is reduced to ruins. The fate of a young German woman caught up in the turmoil of History.

Production :
Literarische Colloquium Berlin; Helma Sanders Filmproduktion
Editing :
Elfie Tillack; Uta Periginelli
Sound :
Gunther Kortwich
Photography :
Jürgen Jürges

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