Germany Pale Mother (1980)
Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna is born. The house is destroyed and Lene and Anna moves in with relatives in Berlin. Hans survives the war but he is not the same person as in 1939, and he and Lene find it difficult to live together again.
Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms
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Eva Mattes as Helene |
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Ernst Jacobi as Hans |
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Elisabeth Stepanek as Hanne |
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Angelika Thomas as Lydia |
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Rainer Friedrichsen as Ulrich |
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Fritz Lichtenhahn as Onkel Bertrand |
| Crew | Bertolt Brecht | Poem |
| Directing | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Telg-Tebbe | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Berthold Sack | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Walter Höllerer | Producer |
| Production | Fritz Poppenberg | Unit Production Manager |
| Writing | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Writer |
| Editing | Elfie Tillack | Editor |
| Art | Götz Heymann | Production Design |
| Editing | Uta Periginelli | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janken Janssen | Costume Design |
| Production | Volker Canaris | Producer |
| Production | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Producer |
| Camera | Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ursula Ludwig | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Jürgen Knieper | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Renée Gundelach | Consulting Producer |