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Diary of a German Woman

Plot: The core of this most personal of the Thorndikes’ projects are Annelie’s diary entries: Her story is to be the starting point for a kind of all-German ‘Heimatfilm’ that praises the utopian power of the GDR and sharply condemns Federal German wrongs, but finds transcendent beauty on both sides of the wall. Over the course of production, however, the visionary dimension of the project was progressively trimmed down, though it’s still tangible everywhere in the compromised final version: The intensity of its pathos is both oppressive and enchanting; some historical simplifications and ideological twists and bends may be hair-raising, but they still achieve the desired effect
Release Date: Wednesday, September 3 1969
55 years ago
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Portrait of Hans Joachim ManfredHans Joachim Manfred
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Portrait of Hans-Joachim FunkHans-Joachim Funk
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Portrait of Michael EnglbergerMichael Englberger
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Portrait of Manfred KrauseManfred Krause
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Portrait of Andrew ThorndikeAndrew Thorndike
Andrew Thorndike was
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Mon, Aug 30 1909 –
Fri, Dec 14 1979
Portrait of Hermann IhdeHermann Ihde
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Portrait of Ernst OeltzeErnst Oeltze
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Portrait of Annelie ThorndikeAnnelie Thorndike
Annelie Thorndike was
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Fri, Apr 17 1925 –
Wed, Dec 26 2012
Portrait of Christian LehmannChristian Lehmann
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