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Star-Crossed Lovers (1962)
Directed by Frank Beyer
Drama, Romance, War · 1h 29m
Magdalena and Michael have loved each other since they were children. But when the Nazis come to power, Michael rebels against the regime and is sentenced to fifteen years in a concentration camp. Magdalena, meanwhile, goes underground with the help of a friend and later immigrates to the Soviet Union. Michael, who has joined the Red Army, discovers on the way to Moscow that Magdalena is staying there. But when his plane lands, she is already on her way back to Germany. Michael hopes that one day, he and Magdalena will be reunited.
Cast
Annekathrin Bürger
Magdalena
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Michael
Ulrich Thein
Jürgen
Marga Legal
Mutter Seifert
B
Betty Loewen
Hanna Bartels
Monika Lennartz
Katja
G
Gertraud Kreissig
Ursula
N
Natalja J. Iljina
Wera
T
Talla S. Nowikowa
Pilotin
Leonid Iudov
Sascha
N
Nikolai J. Lukinow
Sowjet Major
Walter Lendrich
Schröter
Crew
- Director
- Frank Beyer
- Screenplay
- Edith Gorrish, Walter Gorrish
- Director of Photography
- Karl Drömmer, Günter Marczinkowsky
- Original Music Composer
- Joachim Werzlau
- Editor
- Hildegard Conrad
Details
- Original title
- Königskinder
- Release date
- 1962-06-08
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German, Russian
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme