Our Short Life (1981)
The fun-loving, 26-year-old architect Franziska Linkerhand (Simone Frost) works for a famous professor. Yet, she feels restrained by her dependence on him and longs to take risks. When her marriage falls apart, she moves to a small town for a fresh start. Franziska approaches her new life with vigor and idealism. Many of her colleagues have given in to the dictates of economic restrictions and prefabricated apartment blocks; but Franziska hangs onto her ideals and, as in her private life, is not willing to compromise…
Director: Lothar Warneke
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Simone Frost as Franziska Linkerhand |
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Hermann Beyer as Schafheutlin |
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Christian Steyer as |
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Gottfried Richter as |
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Uwe Kockisch as Wolfgang |
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Dietrich Körner as Professor Reger |
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Christine Schorn as |
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Barbara Dittus as |
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Dieter Knust as |
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Helmut Straßburger as |
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Annemone Haase as |
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Gerd Staiger as |
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Gert Gütschow as |
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Karin Beewen as |
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Freimut Götsch as |
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Ingeborg Westphal as |
| Directing | Lothar Warneke | Director |
| Writing | Lothar Warneke | Writer |
| Writing | Regine Kühn | Writer |
| Writing | Brigitte Reimann | Novel |
| Crew | Claus Neumann | Cinematography |
| Editing | Erika Lehmphul | Editor |
| Sound | Gerhard Rosenfeld | Music |