1964
6.4 (16 votes)
1h 56m
Genres
Drama
Romance
Production Companies
DEFA
Divided Heaven (Der geteilte Himmel)
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 …
Key Crew
Director of Photography: Werner Bergmann
Director: Konrad Wolf
Screenplay: Konrad Wolf, Christa Wolf, Gerhard Wolf, Kurt Barthel, Willi Brückner
