Die Entdeckung der Currywurst

original title:
Die Entdeckung der Currywurst
other titles:
The Invention of the Curried Sausage
country / year of production:
Germany / 2008
original length:
106 min. , color
premiere:
22 June 2008, Munich Film Festival
genre:
drama
based on:
Uwe Timm. Die Entdeckung der Currywurst. Köln: Kiepenheuer und Witsch, 1993.
director:
Ulla Wagner
film script:
Ulla Wagner , Uwe Timm
producer:
Gerd Haag
cinematographer:
Theo Bierkens
editor:
Corinna Dietz
composer:
Christine Aufderhaar
cast (role):
Barbara Sukowa (Lena Brücker) , Alexander Khoun (Hermann Bremer) , Barbara Sukowa , Alexander Khoun
more:
plot synopsis:
Hamburg, 1945: Lena’s husband is in Russia, her son at the Ruhr Area. She gets to know the young Hermann, a marine. They fall in love with each other but Lena knows that there is a family waiting on him. So, she doesn’t tell him, that the war comes to its end and hides him in his flat to elongate the affair.
keywords:
liberation , women during wartime , love in times of war , civilians
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
Won an award at the "Montréal World Film Festival" in 2008.
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