DAS FAHRRAD
THE BIKE
Susanne is divorced with one child. For a meagre wage she presses iron sheets until the tedium almost drives her mad. She resigns; at the time there was always enough work. Not for the unskilled Susanne however. Evening classes are unthinkable due to her child and thus, when the money runs out she reports her bicycle as stolen and pockets the insurance. When the pending court case becomes public news her new boyfriend is ashamed and the relationship goes to ruin. An unusually critical look at working life and equal rights in East Germany.
35mm | Farbe / colour
Evelyn Schmidt, Ernst Wenig
Roland Dressel
Gerhard Baumgarten, Brigitte Padel
Marlene Willmann
Peter Rabenalt
Heidemarie Schneider, Roman Kaminski, Anke Friedrich, Heidrun Bartholomäus
Dagmar Bingel
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Evelyn Schmidt - born 1949 in Görlitz. Graduated from the HFF in 1974. Worked as an assistant director for feature film at the DEFA studio from 1978 to 1991. A jury member of the German Short Film Award and chairwoman of the DEFA Foundation advisory council.
GRETA HECKENROSE (1974, short)
SEITENSPRUNG (1980)
FELIX UND DER WOLF (1987)
DER HUT (1991)