Rotation

original title:
Rotation
other titles:
Sowjetische Zone
country / year of production:
German Democratic Republic / 1949
original length:
81 min. , black/white
premiere:
16 September 1949, Berlin
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
Wolfgang Staudte
film script:
producer:
cinematographer:
Bruno Mondi
editor:
Lilian Seng
composer:
Wiemann
cast (role):
Paul Esser (Hans Behnke) , Irene Korb (Charlotte Blank Behnke) , Karl-Heinz Deickert (Hellmuth Behnke) , Reinhold Bernt (Kurt Blank) , Brigitte Krause (Inge) , Paul Esser , Werner Peters , Irene Korb , Karl-Heinz Deickert , Reinhold Bernt , Reinhard Kolldehoff , Brigitte Krause , Klemens Herzberg , Wolfgang Kühne
more:
plot synopsis:
Printer Hans Behnke becomes unemployed in 1933 and arranges himself in spite of his opportunism against the NS-regime because of his family with the NSDAP. As Behnke begins to fight against the injustice of the nazis, he becomes denunciated by his son who is involved in the HJ. Behnke becomes arrested by the SS and adjudged to death.But the isochronal invasion of the Sovjets avoid the execution.
keywords:
fascism , liberation , captivity , betrayal, treason
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Ellen Blauert (Hg.). Die Mörder sind unter uns. Ehe im Schatten. Die Buntkarierten. Rotation. Vier Filmerzählungen nach bekannten DEFA-Filmen. Berlin: Henschel, 1969.
remarks:
Won an award at the "Locarno International Film Festival" in 1954.
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