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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 …
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Writers
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DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "Heinrich Greif"
Original Title
Der geteilte Himmel
Original Language
German
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Cast
Full credits →L
Lissy Tempelhof
Narrator
R
Renate Blume
Rita Seidel
E
Eberhard Esche
Manfred Herrfurth
H
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Rolf Meternagel
H
Hilmar Thate
Wendland
M
Martin Flörchinger
Herr Herrfurth
E
Erika Pelikowsky
Frau Herrfurth
G
Günter Grabbert
Ernst Schwarzenbach
A
Agnes Kraus
Frau Meternagel
H
Hilmar Baumann
P
Paul Berndt
Melcher
H
Horst Jonischkan
Martin Jung
P
Petra Kelling
Sigrid
H
Horst Weinheimer
Ermisch
H
Hans-Joachim Hanisch
Kuhl
C
Christoph Engel
Liebentrau
U
Uwe Detlef Jessen
Mangold
E
Erik Veldre
Schwabe
O
Otto Lang
Professor
L
Lothar Bellag
Dr. Seiffert
