Everyone dies for himself alone (1970)
| Television series | |
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| Original title | everyone dies alone |
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| Country of production | German Democratic Republic |
| original language | German |
| year | 1970 |
| Production company |
DEFA on behalf of the German TV broadcaster |
| length | about 100 minutes |
| Episodes | 3 ( list ) |
| genre |
Miniseries drama war film |
| Director | Hans-Joachim Kasprzik |
| script | Hans-Joachim Kasprzik Klaus Jörn |
| music | Günter Hauk |
| First broadcast | September 12, 1970 on German television |
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Everyone dies for himself is a three-part television mini-series produced in black and white by the German television station . The series is a film adaptation of the 1947 novel of the same name by Hans Fallada . Like the book, the film is based on the life of Otto Hermann Hampel and Elise Hampel . The three parts first aired on September 12, 16, and 20, 1970.
action
Otto and Anna Quangel join the resistance against National Socialism in Berlin in the 1940s when their son is killed in the French campaign . They write and distribute anti-fascist postcard leaflets. It was only after years of searching that the Gestapo succeeded in tracking them down and arresting them. You will be sentenced to death in a trial before the People's Court . Otto Quangel is executed, his wife Anna is killed on death row in a bomb attack. Trudel Baumann, the friend of Quangel's son, the old Jew Lore Rosenthal and the Nazi-minded old Persicke also belong to the Quangels' environment. Her fate, also described, is closely linked to that of Otto and Anna.
DVD release
The series was released on DVD on January 19, 2018 by Studio Hamburg Enterprises.
Web links
- Every Man Dies Alone in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Everyone dies for himself alone at Fernsehserien.de
- Everyone dies for himself alone at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Television of the GDR. Retrieved April 25, 2019 .