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Divided Heaven
Divided Heaven

Divided Heaven

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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 …

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

116 mins

Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

02 October 1964

Country

East Germany

Cast

Renate Blume

Renate Blume

Rita Seidel

Eberhard Esche

Eberhard Esche

Manfred Herrfurth

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

Rolf Meternagel

Hilmar Thate

Hilmar Thate

Wendland

Martin Flörchinger

Martin Flörchinger

Herr Herrfurth

Erika Pelikowsky

Erika Pelikowsky

Frau Herrfurth

Günter Grabbert

Günter Grabbert

Ernst Schwarzenbach

Agnes Kraus

Agnes Kraus

Frau Meternagel

Hilmar Baumann

Hilmar Baumann

Paul Berndt

Paul Berndt

Melcher

Horst Jonischkan

Horst Jonischkan

Martin Jung

Petra Kelling

Petra Kelling

Sigrid

Horst Weinheimer

Horst Weinheimer

Ermisch

Hans-Joachim Hanisch

Hans-Joachim Hanisch

Kuhl

Christoph Engel

Christoph Engel

Liebentrau

Uwe Detlef Jessen

Uwe Detlef Jessen

Mangold

Erik Veldre

Erik Veldre

Schwabe

Otto Lang

Otto Lang

Professor

Lothar Bellag

Lothar Bellag

Dr. Seiffert

Dorothea Volk

Dorothea Volk

Ritas Mutter

Waltraut Kramm

Waltraut Kramm

Frau Schwarzenbach

Angela Brunner

Angela Brunner

Peter Herden

Peter Herden

Heinz Hellmich

Heinz Hellmich

Doctor

Fredy Barten

Fredy Barten

Kneipenwirt

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