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 |
| Directing | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Director |
| Crew | Bertolt Brecht | Poem |
| Writing | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Writer |
| Production | Volker Canaris | Producer |
| Production | Walter Höllerer | Producer |
| Production | Helma Sanders-Brahms | Producer |
| Camera | Jürgen Jürges | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Uta Periginelli | Editor |
| Editing | Elfie Tillack | Editor |
| Art | Götz Heymann | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janken Janssen | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Berthold Sack | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Telg-Tebbe | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Fritz Poppenberg | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Jürgen Knieper | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Renée Gundelach | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Ursula Ludwig | Executive Producer |