Helga and Michael

Movie
Original title	Helga and Michael
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1968
length	97 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Erich F. Bender
script	Erich F. Bender Roland Cämmerer Klaus ER from Schwarze
production	Roland Cämmerer
music	Karl Barthel
camera	Fritz Baader Erdmann Beyer Eberhard Burcik
cut	Malva Stöhr Ilse Wüstenhöfer
occupation
Ruth Gassmann : Helga Felix Franchy : Michael Elfi Rüter : young mother Hildegard Linden : Doctor Christian Margulies : Christian Sonja Lindorf : Bettina Klaus Hoeft : Charly Elke Haltaufderheide : his girlfriend Peter Bach : Peter Sabine Dall : Doris Ulla Best : her mother Christian Fredersdorf : first father Ursula Mellin : first mother Jochen Piehl : second father Lisa Ravel : second mother
chronology
←  Predecessor Helga - On the Becoming of Human Life Successor  → Helga and the Men - The Sexual Revolution

Helga and Michael is a German educational film from 1968. Ruth Gassmann plays the title role here for the second time, after Helga - Vom Werden des Menschen Leben (1967). Felix Franchy plays her husband Michael.

action

As in “Helga - From Becoming Human Life”, this film is also designed as a combination of documentary and feature film, and here, too, questions of sexuality and partnership are at the center of the plot. How can men and women find each other if they have not yet found themselves and have not really defined and postulated their own needs? The “model” couple Helga and Michael have a child together, and the question arises of sensible family planning and how the respective partners define themselves in their new roles. The development of the baby in this young marriage partnership between Helga and Michael is also outlined in the context of a constantly and constantly changing, modern society. In the documentary part, young couples with problems who seek their salvation in marriage counseling are contrasted with young married happiness. The events shown are to be scientifically supported with excerpts from the reports of the sex researchers Kinsey and Master / Johnson.

Production notes

Helga and Michael was made after the great success of the first film in this trilogy - in 1969 Helga and the Men - The Sexual Revolution was to follow - in mid-1968 and was premiered on October 31, 1968.

criticism

The Lexicon of International Films found the film to be "well-intentioned" but at the same time as a "simple and wooden enlightenment lesson."

Web links

• Helga and Michael in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Helga and Michael at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Helga and Michael. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 13, 2018 .