Forbidden Love (1990)

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Movie
Original title Forbidden love
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1990
length 91 minutes
Rod
Director Helmut Dziuba
script Helmut Dziuba
production Uwe Kraft
music Christian Steyer
camera Helmut Bergmann
cut Monika Schindler
occupation

Forbidden love is a DEFA - feature film of director Helmut Dziuba from 1990 levels.

action

Thirteen year old Barbara and eighteen year old high school student Georg have known each other for a long time. They are neighbors and get on well. A deep love grows out of friendship over time. However, since Barbara is still a minor , this relationship is reprehensible in the eyes of the environment. After the two slept together for the first time in an empty house, a few teenagers even believe they could see Barbara as fair game and try to rape her. There are also big problems with parents. Especially the fathers of the two have long been enemies. Georg's father came to the village with a campaign of the early GDR “Workers in the Country”, but the idealism has now given way to lethargy and bitterness, especially in view of the material successes of Barbara's father (the neighbor). He is primarily interested in money, otherwise incomprehensible to primitive. He has finally found a way to compromise his adversary, the "comrade", and charges Georg with abuse of a minor. There is also little understanding at school. The school director initiates disciplinary measures and Georg's future seems blocked, studying is no longer possible. Only the teacher Laube initially stands by the two and becomes a friend for Barbara. Finally, the classmates show solidarity with the lovers.

The film ends with the announcement of the verdict against Georg. There, the contradiction between a meaningful but rigid law (Section 148 of the GDR Criminal Code ) and the obviously genuine love of the two is dealt with. A final verdict is not announced in the film, but the later marriage of the lovers, for which Georg paid “a small price”.

criticism

  • In beautiful, sometimes symbolically overloaded images, the film tells of social deformations, of human failure, but also of understanding and kindness (Gudrun Ritter as the prototype of the not so rarely good GDR teacher) and the courage to show solidarity. And above all - and this in artistic perfection - from the heavenly power of love, which cannot be overthrown. ( Renate Holland-Moritz in Eulenspiegel 17/1990)
  • Helmut Dziuba's Forbidden Love is another “pre-turnaround film” that describes what urged the turnaround. What it shows does not, of course, become out of date. It could probably happen in a similar way in a village in the Federal Republic of Germany. Against a loveless environment, no “united fatherland” will offer protection. ( Heinz Kersten in: Der Tagesspiegel , May 6, 1990)

Remarks

The film from the DEFA studio for feature films is based on a story by the writer Helmut H. Schulz , whose work was not allowed to be published in the GDR for several years. Even the film could not be realized for three years despite the finished script . When it was premiered on April 19, 1990 in the Berlin cinema "International", the film was in part already overtaken by development. At first, like almost all DEFA films of the time, the film was not a great success because the audience was initially primarily interested in Western productions. Forbidden love only developed into a cult film over the years, if only because of the timeless theme of " Romeo and Juliet " .

The role of the teacher Laube does not appear in the template; it was written into the script by director Helmut Dziuba especially for Gudrun Ritter . At the last national feature film festival of the GDR in 1990 she was awarded the prize for the best supporting role for the role. Leading actress Julia Brendler was only fourteen years old during the shooting.

literature

  • Helmut H. Schulz: The Fall of Man. Two stories , Verlag der Nation, Berlin 1988 ISBN 3-373-00235-4

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