Die Taube auf dem Dach | The Dove on The Roof
Retrospektive 2019
DDR 1973/2010
by: Iris Gusner
Heidemarie Wenzel
Die Taube auf dem Dach | The Dove on The Roof
Retrospektive 2019
DDR 1973/2010
by: Iris Gusner
Heidemarie Wenzel, Günter Naumann (von links), Herbert Köfer (rechts)
Die Taube auf dem Dach | The Dove on The Roof
Retrospektive 2019
DDR 1973/2010
by: Iris Gusner
Klaus Goldmann
Feb 8, 2019In the cinema hall
Retrospective – Die Taube auf dem Dach | The Dove on The Roof
Feb 8, 2019Rainer Rother, Iris Gusner
The section head and the director of the film.
Retrospective – Die Taube auf dem Dach | The Dove on The Roof
A woman between two men. Linda Hinrichs is a young site manager at a large building site in southern East Germany. She meets a student named Daniel and soon starts an affair with the impulsive, fervent young man. But veteran construction worker Böwe is also in love with the attractive forewoman. He even surprises her with a marriage proposal. But neither the unstable labourer, nor non-conformist Daniel really manages to get a commitment from Linda. She maintains her independence and follows her own path … The film is a look at brawling, alcohol abuse, and promiscuity during the construction of a pre-fab housing estate. Accused of “distorting the image of the working class”, and deemed by virtue of its open dramatic composition to be an “artistic mistake” by the powers that be at DEFA Studios, the film was banned from release in East Germany in 1973. The colour negative did not survive. Only after a heavily damaged colour print was rediscovered, from which a black-and-white dupe negative and print were made, could Iris Gusner’s film be reconstructed and screened.
by
Iris Gusner
German Democratic Republic 1973/2010
German
85’ · Black/White · 2K DCP
Digitally restored version 2010
Rating R0
Heidemarie WenzelGünter NaumannAndreas GrippAnnelene HischerChristian SteyerErika KöllingerMonika LennartzLotte Loebinger
DCP: DEFA-Filmverleih in der Deutschen Kinemathek, Berlin