Die Mutter und das Schweigen

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Die Mutter und das Schweigen (1966)

Directed by Wolfgang Luderer

Drama · 2h 46m

Based on a true story from 1936: Klara Baumann, a working-class woman, communist and mother, flees her German homeland for neighboring Czechoslovakia. When a party courier is arrested in Berlin, Klara agrees to return to Germany with illegal material. On behalf of the central courier service, she returned to Germany illegally many times, risking her life, in constant fear of being caught. When the illegal party cell in a large Berlin factory is arrested, Klara distributes the latest issue of the Red Signal on her own. She wants to prove to the Gestapo that she has imprisoned the wrong people. Authentic story of a communist and mother who flees her German homeland for neighboring Czechoslovakia in 1936.

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Cast

Erika Dunkelmann Klara Baumann Helga Göring Else Ackerknecht
J
Jutta Wachowiak Lili Hermann Hans Hardt-Hardtloff Ackerknecht Günter Junghans Gefangener
F
Frank Michelis Portier
R
Ruth Kommerell Milchverkäuferin
G
Günter Rüger Sekretär des Kommissars Traute Sense Reisende
R
Ruth-Maria Kemper Angela Brunner Wilfried Ortmann

Crew

Director
Wolfgang Luderer

Details

Release date
1966-03-04
Runtime
2h 46m
Genres
Drama
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
East Germany, Germany
Production
Fernsehen der DDR