Karla (1965)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Karla |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1965/ 1990 |
| length | 128 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Herrmann Zschoche |
| script |
Ulrich Plenzdorf , Herrmann Zschoche |
| production | Gerd Golde |
| music | Karl-Ernst Sasse |
| camera | Günter Ost |
| cut | Brigitte Krex |
| occupation | |
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Karla is a drama produced by DEFA -Studio Gruppe Berlin with Jutta Hoffmann in the lead role.
Like other films in the 1965/66 annual production, its showing in the GDR fell victim to the 11th plenary session of the SED Central Committee . The editing of individual scenes couldn't prevent the entire film from being banned because of its plea for freedom of expression. This makes it one of DEFA's so-called basement films . The premiere could only take place in June 1990 in the Berlin Kino International .
action
Karla Blum has just finished her university studies and is about to start her first position as a German and history teacher in a 12th grade at the Theodor Fontane Oberschule in a small town in the north of the GDR. The young, self-confident teacher not only wants to teach her students material, but above all to teach them to think independently and critically. Their unconventional behavior, which is in contrast to the ideologically prescribed socialist thought patterns, leads to different reactions from students, colleagues, headmasters, school councilors and authorities. Only the director, who was influenced by the war and the bitter experiences of the post-war period and who abhorred the state bureaucracy, tried to support it. She also found support in the equal and tolerant love affair with the journalist Kaspar, who, because he was not allowed to expose the crimes of Stalin, gave up his job in protest. When Karla receives an award from the school for her lessons, she realizes that she has given in to the demands of the school management with her caution and - like Kaspar - has resigned inwardly. This realization prompts them to revive their original non-conformist approach. The school authorities took her private trip to the sea with the rebellious student Rudi as an opportunity to transfer her to another school. She is already on the train to leave the small town when Kaspar jumps up at the last moment to join her.
criticism
“KARLA, shot in total vision and black and white, with wonderful, deeply sharp images by Günter Ost, is an old film, but it is by no means out of date. Because it continues to bother many: the contradiction between an active, continuous search for truth and adaptation, between insisting on one's own opinion and opportunistic silence. KARLA should be presented to every young person on the threshold of adulthood at least once and discussed in every class. "(Ralf Schenk, KJK 45/91)
“A study staged as a psychological chamber play that was banned in the GDR after mutilating cuts. It describes the struggle of young people for truth and the longing desire to be able to tell and live this truth. The censors confirmed that the film was meant well, but "objectively" a shame. Credible also through the charm of the leading actors. "( Lexicon of international films )
Web links
- Karla in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Karla at filmportal.de
- Karla at the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karla in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on April 14, 2012