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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 150 min.) |
| Summary |
Two roommates in a private sanatorium in early-1950s East Germany are extremely different from one another. Josef is a communist policeman, while Hubertus is a Lutheran vicar. While Josef reads The Communist manifesto, Hubertus prepares his sermon. Above their beds hang Stalin and Christ. The film offers both suspense and comedy, as the two begrudgingly develop tolerance and respect for one another. Orginally East German officials had not been open to the religious questions raised by the film, and the script was banned in 1973; it was over 10 years later before Warneke finally received permission to make the film, based on a revised script. Jörg Pose (Josef) and Manfred Möck (Hubertus) received the Silver Bear at the 1988 Berlin Film Festival for their performances |
| Notes |
Title from title frames |
| Event |
Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1987 |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Germany (East)
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Sanatoriums -- Germany (East)
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Tuberculosis -- Patients -- Germany (East)
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Communists.
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Communists.
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Motion pictures.
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Sanatoriums.
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Tuberculosis -- Patients.
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Germany (East) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80125938
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| Subject |
Germany (East)
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Warneke, Lothar, director
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Pose, Jörg, actor
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Möck, Manfred, actor
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Gregorek, Karin, actor
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Dieter Knaup, Heinz, actor
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