Divided Heaven
116 mins
After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; how his enthusiasm about his new chemical process turned to bitter disappointment in the face of official rejection; how he escaped to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built and hoped that she would follow him …
Erika Pelikowsky
Frau Herrfurth
Christoph Engel
Liebentrau
Otto Lang
Professor
Lothar Bellag
Dr. Seiffert
Dorothea Volk
Ritas Mutter
Heinz Hellmich
Doctor
Fredy Barten
Kneipenwirt
Werner Bergmann
Director of Photography
Christa Wolf
Novel
Christa Wolf
Screenplay
Gerhard Wolf
Screenplay
Kurt Barthel
Screenplay
Kurt Barthel
Assistant Director
Willi Brückner
Screenplay
Hans-Dieter Hosalla
Music
Helga Krause
Editor