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Bis daß der Tod euch scheidet

DDR 1977/1978 Spielfilm

Until Death Do Us Part
Jens and Sonja both are in their early twenties when they meet each other. Precipitously, they marry without being ready for such a commitment. Problems begin to stack up after their first child is born. Jens, whose income as a construction worker is sufficient for the small family, wants Sonja to take care of the child full time, partly because Jens himself missed the care of his parents in his childhood. But Sonja has a different idea of her life. Without letting Jens know, she finishes a skilled worker′s training.

When Jens finds out about Sonja′s secret; he cannot control his emotions and hits her. Sonja in return does not warn Jens when he drinks from a bottle of water that is filled with detergent although she knows about it. Only now, after this incident, both Sonja and Jens come to their senses and decide to give their marriage a second chance.

 

Credits

Director

  • Heiner Carow

Screenplay

  • Heiner Carow

Director of photography

  • Jürgen Brauer

Editing

  • Evelyn Carow

Music

  • Peter Gotthardt

Cast

  • Katrin Sass
    Sonja
  • Martin Seifert
    Jens
  • Angelica Domröse
    Jens' Schwester
  • Renate Krößner
    Tilli
  • Horst Schulze
    Verkaufsstellenleiter
  • Werner Godemann
    Brigadier
  • Henny Müller
    Sonjas Mutter
  • Alfred Struwe
    Jens' Schwager
  • Berko Acker
    Erik
  • Peter Zimmermann
    Conny

Production company

  • DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (Potsdam-Babelsberg) (Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Babelsberg")

Alle Credits

Director

  • Heiner Carow

Assistant director

  • Jörg Andrees
  • Thomas Heise

Screenplay

  • Heiner Carow

Scenario

  • Günther Rücker

Script editor

  • Barbara Rogall
  • Dieter Wolf

Director of photography

  • Jürgen Brauer

Assistant camera

  • Dietram Kleist

Still photography

  • Waltraut Pathenheimer

Production design

  • Harry Leupold

Set construction

  • Siegfried Stallner

Make-up artist

  • Inge Merten
  • Monika Mörke
  • Eberhard Neufink

Costume design

  • Horst Rosette
  • Renate Herrmann

Editing

  • Evelyn Carow

Sound

  • Konrad Walle

Music

  • Peter Gotthardt

Source music

  • Antonin Dvořák (Thema)

Cast

  • Katrin Sass
    Sonja
  • Martin Seifert
    Jens
  • Angelica Domröse
    Jens' Schwester
  • Renate Krößner
    Tilli
  • Horst Schulze
    Verkaufsstellenleiter
  • Werner Godemann
    Brigadier
  • Henny Müller
    Sonjas Mutter
  • Alfred Struwe
    Jens' Schwager
  • Berko Acker
    Erik
  • Peter Zimmermann
    Conny
  • Carl-Heinz Choynski
    Volkspolizist
  • Michèle Marian
    Connys Freundin
  • Lina Petermann
  • Elisabeth Andrees
  • Irmgard Kuhlmey
  • Joachim Lukas
  • Angela Fensch
  • Roland Günther
  • Oskar Daum
  • Ullrich Bartel
  • Silvia Schwabe
  • Anneliese Thünert
  • Annemarie Latzel
  • Jutta Röhl
  • Mathias Schmidt
  • Elvira Buth
  • Sabine Hentschel
  • Renate Römer
  • Sabine Altmann
  • Elke Bannier
  • Axel Mösges
  • Jürgen Kaschula
  • Lutz Gransee
  • Christian Wolter
  • Axel Dieme
  • Raik Schiller
  • Gerda Freund
  • Lieselotte Kühn

Production company

  • DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (Potsdam-Babelsberg) (Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Babelsberg")

Unit production manager

  • Erich Albrecht

Location manager

  • Dieter Krüger
  • Karl-Heinz Rüsike
  • Theo Scheibler

Original distributor

  • Progress Film-Verleih (Berlin/Ost)
Duration:
2629 m, 96 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Orwocolor, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DD): 17.05.1979

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DD) Bis daß der Tod euch scheidet

Versions

Original

Duration:
2629 m, 96 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,66
Video/Audio:
Orwocolor, Ton
Screening:

Uraufführung (DD): 17.05.1979

Awards

Nationales Spielfilmfestival der DDR 1980
  • Bester Schnitt
  • Bestes Drehbuch
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