Man against man (1976)

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Movie
Original title head to head
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1976
length 105 minutes
Rod
Director Kurt Maetzig
script Kurt Biesalski ,
Kurt Maetzig
production DEFA , KAG "Berlin"
music Gerhard Wohlgemuth
camera Erich Gusko
cut Ursula Rudzki
occupation

Mann gegen Mann is a GDR film by DEFA by Kurt Maetzig from 1976 . Template for the drama about returning soldiers was the novel "Duel" by Kurt Biesalksi from the year 1972nd

action

Robert and Michael meet on their return from captivity. They discover that they are both married to the same woman: After Robert was pronounced dead, Michael married the supposed widow. The decision about the future is left to chance with a walk through a mined forest. Michael dies in the process, but at home Robert realizes that the woman does not want him; she was waiting for Michael.

Shortly afterwards Robert meets Anna, who lives alone with her two children. But even with this love there is a rival. Anna becomes pregnant by Eduard, with whom Robert is working on defusing war ammunition at a blasting site. This time, however, not fate should decide, but the woman.

Production and publication

The scenario was the responsibility of Kurt Maetzig and Anne Pfeuffer worked as a dramaturge .

Man against man was shot as an Orwocolor film by the artistic working group “Berlin” and had its cinema premiere on January 22nd, 1976 at the Berlin Kino International . The television first broadcast took place in the first program of the television of the GDR on October 20, 1978.

Awards

Reviews

In New Germany Horst Knietzsch remarked:

“Some things in this film could have been more conclusive, more balanced in the scenic and linguistic design, in order to make the social profile of the characters appear even more concise, but not a few scenes impress with their high ideal content, with images in which Kurt Maetz inalienable truths of human coexistence calls into our consciousness. "

The Lexicon of International Films writes:

"Only partially successful, thematically interesting attempt at a psychological study on people in unusual situations."

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ defa-stiftung.de
  2. ↑ flimmerkiste.net
  3. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of January 23, 1975, p. 1
  4. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of December 28, 1976, p. 6
  5. ↑ Neues Deutschland from January 24, 1976, p. 4
  6. ↑ Man against man. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 19, 2018 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used