Divided Heaven (1964)

  • NR
  • 10/02/1964 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 56m

Overview

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 …

Konrad Wolf

Screenplay, Director

Christa Wolf

Novel, Screenplay

Gerhard Wolf

Screenplay

Kurt Barthel

Screenplay

Willi Brückner

Screenplay

Cast

Renate Blume's headshot

Renate Blume

Rita Seidel
Eberhard Esche's headshot

Eberhard Esche

Manfred Herrfurth
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff's headshot

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

Rolf Meternagel
Hilmar Thate's headshot

Hilmar Thate

Wendland
Martin Flörchinger's headshot

Martin Flörchinger

Herr Herrfurth
Erika Pelikowsky's headshot

Erika Pelikowsky

Frau Herrfurth
Günther Grabbert's headshot

Günther Grabbert

Ernst Schwarzenbach
Agnes Kraus's headshot

Agnes Kraus

Frau Meternagel

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