Die Stille nach dem Schuß (2000)

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6.9/10 932 votes
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Director:
Volker Schlöndorff
Writers:
Wolfgang Kohlhaase (writer)
Volker Schlöndorff (writer)
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Release Date:
14 September 2000 (Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | History | Romance more
Plot:
Rita Vogt is a radical West German terrorist who abandons the revolution and settles in East Germany... more | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
New Identity | East Germany | Germany | Lesbianism | Deutsche Demokratische Republik
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Awards:
4 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Fascinating subject, but emotionally flat more
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)
Bibiana Beglau ... Rita Vogt
Martin Wuttke ... Erwin Hull
Nadja Uhl ... Tatjana
Harald Schrott ... Andreas 'Andi' Klein

Alexander Beyer ... Jochen Pettka
Jenny Schilly ... Friederike Adebach (as Jenny Schily)
Mario Irrek ... Joachim Klatte
Franca Kastein ... Anna
Thomas Arnold ... Gerngross
Dietrich Körner ... General
Rudolf Donath ... Tatjanas Vater
Monika Pietsch ... Tatjanas Mutter
Matthias Wien ... Doktor Gruber (as Matti Wien)
Petra Ehlert ... Beate
Hannelore Schubert ... Christa
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
Legend of Rita (USA)
Rita's Legends (International: English title)
The Legends of Rita (International: English title)
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Runtime:
103 min
Country:
Germany
Language:
German | French | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Iceland:12 | France:U | Germany:12 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIB | South Korea:12
Filming Locations:
Baltic Sea more
Company:
ARTE more
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Movie Connections:
References Viva Maria! (1965) more
Soundtrack:
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free more
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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Fascinating subject, but emotionally flat, 8 September 2000
7/10
Author: SammyK from Canada

Maybe it's the cultural specificity of the piece, but somehow Volker Schlondorff's "The Legends of Rita" fails to hit the right emotional chords, where essentially the film's humanism-over-politics thematics want to evoke in the audience. Don't get me wrong, "Rita" is an excellently crafted film, subtle and never forceful. The film succeeds above and beyond expectations in its depiction of the latter years of the GDR, portraying an ideologically bankrupt nation whose environments and inhabitants seem to be caught in a state of limbo. Perhaps Schlondorff's acquiring of the former DEFA (and UFA before it) Babelsburg studios is the main reason for the authenticity of his vision of the former East. As well, this is a departure from the realm of fantasy that Schlondorff had probed history within in such works as "The Ogre" and "The Tin Drum." Instead, as with Bertolucci's "Besieged," the director has returned to his roots in filmmaking and provided a once-again fresh, verité aesthetic. This could very well be a companion piece to "The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum," although, as I mentioned earlier, the emotions fall flat here, failing to deliver an ultimate, devastating "punch."