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Der geteilte Himmel

DDR 1963/1964 Spielfilm

The Divided Sky

Following a nervous breakdown, Rita Seidel returns to the village of her childhood. She has been told to get some proper rest. She wants to regain her strength and uses this period of convalescence to mull over her past. She had met Manfred Herrfurth, a chemist ten years her senior, and had fallen irresistibly in love with him precisely because his mind was so utterly unlike her own. He was uncommonly intelligent and a keen observer of both people and things. Rita is a natural, open-minded person, full of expectations for the future. Herrfurth, on the other hand, has become cynical as a result of bitter experience.

Rita moves to town to live with her lover, to begin a new life as it were and to become a teacher. Many things are new and thrilling; town life itself as well as herwork. But living with Manfred turns out very differently from what she originally dreamt of. He is embittered and after seeing a chemical process which he has developed and whose realisation he has pinned his hopes on rejected, he becomes totally discouraged and leaves for West Berlin. He is convinced that Rita will follow him. But she does not. Being separated from him, taking leave of her great love, triggers a psychological crisis and breakdown. Of course, some wounds will remain, but Rita is a strong woman who will overcome this crisis.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

 

Credits

Director

  • Konrad Wolf

Screenplay

  • Christa Wolf
  • Gerhard Wolf
  • Konrad Wolf
  • Willi Brückner
  • Kurt Barthel

Director of photography

  • Werner Bergmann

Editing

  • Helga Krause

Music

  • Hans-Dieter Hosalla

Cast

  • Renate Blume
    Rita Seidel
  • Eberhard Esche
    Manfred Herrfurth
  • Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
    Rolf Meternagel
  • Hilmar Thate
    Wendland
  • Martin Flörchinger
    Herr Herrfurth
  • Erika Pelikowsky
    Frau Herrfurth
  • Günther Grabbert
    Ernst Schwarzenbach
  • Horst Jonischkan
    Martin Jung
  • Petra Kelling
    Sigrid
  • Jürgen Kern
    Hänschen

Production company

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

Alle Credits

Director

  • Konrad Wolf

Assistant director

  • Kurt Barthel

Screenplay

  • Christa Wolf
  • Gerhard Wolf
  • Konrad Wolf
  • Willi Brückner
  • Kurt Barthel

based on

  • Christa Wolf (Roman)

Script editor

  • Willi Brückner

Director of photography

  • Werner Bergmann

Assistant camera

  • Peter Süring
  • Peter Schlaak

Lighting design

  • Hans-Herbert Ikker

Production design

  • Alfred Hirschmeier

Set construction

  • Willi Schäfer

Property master

  • Fritz Stemmer

Make-up artist

  • Otto Banse

Costume design

  • Dorit Gründel

Editing

  • Helga Krause

Sound

  • Konrad Walle

Music

  • Hans-Dieter Hosalla

Cast

  • Renate Blume
    Rita Seidel
  • Eberhard Esche
    Manfred Herrfurth
  • Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
    Rolf Meternagel
  • Hilmar Thate
    Wendland
  • Martin Flörchinger
    Herr Herrfurth
  • Erika Pelikowsky
    Frau Herrfurth
  • Günther Grabbert
    Ernst Schwarzenbach
  • Horst Jonischkan
    Martin Jung
  • Petra Kelling
    Sigrid
  • Jürgen Kern
    Hänschen
  • Horst Weinheimer
    Ermisch
  • Hans-Joachim Hanisch
    Kuhl
  • Frank Michelis
    Karßuweit
  • Paul Berndt
    Melcher
  • Christoph Engel
    Liebentrau
  • Uwe-Detlev Jessen
    Mangold
  • Erik Veldre
    Schwabe
  • Otto Lang
    Professor
  • Lothar Bellag
    Dr. Seiffert
  • Siegfried Menzel
    Dr. Müller
  • Agnes Kraus
    Frau Meternagel
  • Dorothea Volk
    Ritas Mutter
  • Geseta von Etzel
    Frau Professor
  • Hildegard Röder
    Frau Seiffert
  • Waltraut Kramm
    Frau Schwarzenbach
  • Angela Brunner
    Dr. Müllers Verlobte
  • Karin Seybert
    Manfreds Tante
  • Peter Herden
    Reisebegleiter
  • Maria Sänger
    Ritas Tante
  • Heinz Hellmich
    Arzt
  • Willy Jänsch
    Burgführer
  • Fredy Barten
    Kneipenwirt
  • Rita Hempel
    Frau am S-Bahnschalter
  • Arthur Gutschwager
    Blumenverkäufer
  • Hilmar Baumann
    Nachrichtenüberbringer
  • Gerhard Hänsel
    1. Assistent auf Professorenparty
  • Michael Deyak
    2. Assistent auf Professorenparty
  • Gerd Müller
    3. Assistent auf Professorenparty
  • Carla Thomalla
    1. Partygast
  • Eva-Marie Fröhlich
    2. Partygast
  • Gerhard Büch
    Kellner auf der Party
  • Uwe Germann
    Wendlands Sohn
  • Sylvia Nechanitzky
    Mädchen mit Luftballon
  • Tinka Wolf
    singendes Mädchen
  • Willi Liebner
    1. Kellner auf Waggonbauer-Ball
  • Herbert Krüger
    2. Kellner auf Waggonbauer-Ball
  • Alfred Baier
    3. Kellner auf Waggonbauer-Ball
  • Detlef Witte
    Dozent
  • Michael Dejak

Voice

  • Lissy Tempelhof
    "Stimme"
  • Werner Schmidt-Wieland
    RIAS-Nachrichtensprecher
  • Werner Eberlein
    Gagarins Stimme

Production company

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

Unit production manager

  • Hans-Joachim Funk

Location manager

  • Irene Ikker
  • Erwin Rose
  • Lothar Erdmann

Original distributor

  • Progress Film-Verleih (Berlin/Ost)

Shoot

    • 1963 - 1964: Halle/Saale, VEB-Waggonbau Ammendorf [bis Frühjahr]
Duration:
3103 m, 113 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.02.1998, 33529, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CS): 07.07.1964, Karlovy Vary, IFF

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DD) Der geteilte Himmel

Versions

Original

Duration:
3103 m, 113 min
Format:
35mm
Video/Audio:
s/w, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.02.1998, 33529, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (CS): 07.07.1964, Karlovy Vary, IFF

Prüffassung

Duration:
3001 m, 110 min
Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/der-geteilte-himmel_ea43d4a6a0295006e03053d50b37753d