Harald Rathmann

Harald Rathmann is a German actor who became known in the GDR in 1978 for a leading role in the youth film Seven Freckles alongside Kareen Schröter .

Career

In 1978 Rathmann starred in the film Seven Freckles in the role of Robert, the youthful protagonist who sees a childhood friend again at a holiday camp , falls in love with her and, alongside her, takes on the leading role in Romeo and Juliet , the play that was created for the Graduation ceremony is rehearsed. The film was one of DEFA's most successful productions and had more than 1.2 million visitors after its premiere in October 1978 alone. It was the most revealing film that DEFA ever made and aroused the skepticism of the GDR superiors. Rathmann had prevailed in the casting against the then still unknown actor Sven Martinek .

Filmography

1978: seven freckles
2000: The Naked and the Reds - Nudism in the GDR. Spiegel TV Reportage (TV film)
2004: The History of Erotic Films (TV film)

Web links

Harald Rathmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Description of the film 'Seven Freckles' in the biography of Herrmann Zschoche In: defa-stiftung.de. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
^ Chronicle of the GDR 1978 In: ddr-lexikon.de. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
↑ Film Festival of the Young. Frankfurt cinema culture and socialist film art. Program booklet. Frankfurt, 2015.
↑ ML Hübner: books, film reviews, culture In: Preußischer Landbote, 1/2003, p. 16. (PDF; 849 kB)
^ Jens Rübner: Snot noses. Film children - from days long gone. Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig, 2012.
↑ Harald Rathmann in an interview: Seven Freckles: 'In truth, in love with someone else'. Leading actor Harald Rathmann and director Herrmann Zschoche remember the shooting of the most revealing film that DEFA has ever made. In: superillu.de. Retrieved December 13, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Rathmann, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German actor
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[1] Description of the film 'Seven Freckles' in the biography of Herrmann Zschoche In: defa-stiftung.de. Retrieved December 10, 2015.

[2] Chronicle of the GDR 1978 In: ddr-lexikon.de. Retrieved December 10, 2015.

[3] Film Festival of the Young. Frankfurt cinema culture and socialist film art. Program booklet. Frankfurt, 2015.

[4] ML Hübner: books, film reviews, culture In: Preußischer Landbote, 1/2003, p. 16. (PDF; 849 kB)

[5] Jens Rübner: Snot noses. Film children - from days long gone. Engelsdorfer Verlag, Leipzig, 2012.

[6] Harald Rathmann in an interview: Seven Freckles: 'In truth, in love with someone else'. Leading actor Harald Rathmann and director Herrmann Zschoche remember the shooting of the most revealing film that DEFA has ever made. In: superillu.de. Retrieved December 13, 2015.