

Overview
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 …
Year 1964
Studio DEFA
Director Konrad Wolf
Crew Werner Bergmann (Director of Photography), Konrad Wolf (Director), Konrad Wolf (Screenplay), Christa Wolf (Novel), Christa Wolf (Screenplay), Gerhard Wolf (Screenplay)
Popularity 1
Language Deutsch