In 1989/1990, as the GDR joins West Germany, an East German teacher's son turns his back on the socialist state. His mother, committed communist Christine Rautmann, sees her propaganda fail with both son and pupils, leaving her to face the ruins of her life.
- Directors
- Edgar Kaufmann
- Cast
- Renate Geißler, Carmen-Maja Antoni, Gudrun Okras, Renate Richter, Thomas Büchel, Horst Schulze, Marcus Hopp, Dieter Knust, Fritz Marquardt, Regina Brandt, Adolfo Assor, Werner Pauli, Lusako Karonga
- Country
- East Germany
- Genre
- Drama, TV Movie
- Release date
- 1990-09-23
- Studios
- Fernsehen der DDR
Set during the revolutionary collapse of socialism in 1989/1990, when the walled-in GDR merged with the free Federal Republic of Germany, the film follows an East German teacher's son who rejects the GDR, weary of endless claims of socialist superiority and the gray dreariness of everyday life. His mother, the convinced teacher and communist Christine Rautmann, realizes that her lifelong propaganda about a golden socialist future resonates with neither her son nor her pupils. Suddenly confronted with the ruins of her life as a teacher and mother, she becomes a seeker on tremendously shaky social ground.
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