The Fiancee (German: Die Verlobte) is a 1980 East German drama film directed by Günter Reisch and Günther Rücker and based on a novel by Eva Lippold. The film is about the resistance of the communist Hella Lindau (Jutta Wachowiak) and her fiancé Hermann Reimers (Regimantas Adomaitis) against the Nazis.
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| Starring | Jutta Wachowiak |
| Cinematography | Jürgen Brauer |
| Distributed by | DEFA |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | East Germany |
| Language | German |
The film won the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. It was also chosen as East Germany's official submission to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not manage to receive a nomination.[1]
Cast edit
- Jutta Wachowiak as Hella Lindau
- Regimantas Adomaitis as Reimers
- Slávka Budínová as Lola
- Christine Gloger as Frenzel
- Inge Keller as Irene
- Käthe Reichel as Olser
- Hans-Joachim Hegewald as Hensch
- Barbara Zinn as Elsie
- Katrin Saß as Barbara
- Ewa Zietek as Hilde
- Ursula Braun as Naudorf
See also edit
References edit
- ^ H. G. Pflaum. "On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film". German Films. Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
External links edit
- The Fiancee at IMDb
- The Fiancee at Filmportal.de
- The Fiancee on the DEFA-Stiftung web site (in German)
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