Destinies of Women, the (1952) East Germany
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Director:Slatan Dudow
Studio:Deutsche Film (DEFA)
Writer:Gerhard Bengsch, Slatan Dudow
Rating:4.2 (13 votes)
Date Added:2012-07-12
Awards:1 win
Genre:German films
IMDb:0044635
Duration:102
Aspect Ratio:1.37 : 1
Sound:Mono
Languages:German
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300010489
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Slatan Dudow  ...  (Director)
Gerhard Bengsch, Slatan Dudow  ...  (Writer)
 
Sonja Sutter  ...  Renate Ludwig
Lotte Loebinger  ...  Hertha Scholz
Anneliese Book  ...  Barbara Berg
Susanne Düllmann  ...  Anni Neumann
Ursula Burg  ...  Isa von Trautwald
Gertrud Meyen  ...  Betty Vogt
Maly Delschaft  ...  Frau Ludwig
Angela Brunner  ...  Ursula Krenz
Charlotte Küter  ...  Gertrud Neumann
Lola Chlud  ...  Staatsanwältin
Annelise Matschulat  ...  Frau Becker
Karla Runkehl  ...  Freundin von Renate
Katrin Dahl  ...  Freundin von Renate
Kaete Scharf  ...  Leiterin des Modesalons
Hanna Rieger  ...  Straßenmädchen
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Summary: Berlin, seven years after WWII. Four women are looking for happiness and a good man in the divided city. Their destinies are loosely connected through one person: the West Berlin dandy and womanizer, Conny. Released at the peak of East German cultural and political dogmatism, the film was heavily critiqued, especially by female party leaders who objected that its portrayal of the four women did not represent the qualities that characterized women in the new society. Now considered as a richly contradictory work, Destinies of Women represents an encore production by the Dudow/Eisler/Brecht creative team that also made Kuhle Wampe in 1932.