Germany, Pale Mother
Deutschland, bleiche Mutterby Helma Sanders-Brahms2h031979Germany
Recommended byJutta Brückner, Catherine Corsini
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Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. The house is destroyed and Lene and Anna moves in with relatives in Berlin. Hans survives the war but he is not the same person as in 1939, and he and Lene find it difficult to live together again.
Credits
- Production Compagny : Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Literarisches Colloquium, Helma Sanders-Brahms Filmproduktion
- Distributor : Deutsche Kinemathek
- Producer : Volker Canaris, Walter Höllerer
- Sound Recorder : Gunther Kortwich
- Original Music : Jürgen Knieper
- Photo Director : Jürgen Jürges
- Editing : Uta Periginelli, Elfie Tillack
- Costume Design : Janken Janssen
- Executive Producer : Ursula Ludwig
- Scenario : Helma Sanders-Brahms
- Director : Helma Sanders-Brahms
Technical details
- Printed format : 16 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1979
- French release date : 29 January 1981
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Colors
- Language : German