Born in '45

Jahrgang '45, feature film, Germany, 1965

DIRECTED BY: Jürgen Böttcher

Born in '45

CAST:
Monika Hildebrand (Li),
Rolf Römer (Al),
Paul Eichbaum (Mogul),
Holger Mahlich (Hans),
Gesine Rosenberg (Rita)

SCRIPT:
Jürgen Böttcher,
Klaus Poche

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Roland Gräf

Synopsis:

We follow the relationship of a young couple from East Berlin during the year 1965. Even though Alfred and Lisa got married a few months ago, they are already thinking about divorce. Al sis afraid that he might be losing his freedom and leaves for a few days. Then he decides to move out of their apartment on Prenzlauer Berg, returns to his mother and rides around town on his motorbike and meets with friends.

This is the only feature film by Jürgen Böttcher and it exist only as a working copy. He was not allowed to finish it and the existing copy was seized by the German government and banned from screening. 

digital, b/w, 100 min

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