Don't forget my wives

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Movie
Original title Don't forget my wives
Do not forget my Traudel Logo 001.svg
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1957
length 86 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Kurt Maetzig
script Kurt Barthel (as Cuba) ,
Kurt Maetzig
production DEFA
music Hans-Hendrik Wehding
camera Erwin Anders
cut Use Peters
occupation

Do not forget my Traudel is a romantic GDR contemporary film about a fleeting 17 year old orphan who falls in love with a police officer . The film was produced by DEFA's feature film studio. Directed by Kurt Maetzig . The screenplay was written by Kurt Barthel , known as Kuba, who was then chief dramaturge at the Rostock Volkstheater and, in addition to this production, also worked on scripts for the DEFA films Witches and Schlösser und Katen . The production is Eva-Maria Hagen's first film appearance .

action

Before her mother dies in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, six-year-old Traudel receives a letter that ends with the words "Don't forget my Traudel". She still has the letter with her after eleven years when she escapes from a home. On the run she meets the teacher Wolfgang, who takes her to Berlin because she pretends to have friends there. Traudel becomes too strenuous for him, so that he separates from her.

Since Wolfgang gave her his Berlin address, Traudel stands in front of his apartment door shortly afterwards. There she meets the police officer Hannes Wunderlich, who lives with Wolfgang as a sublet with Mrs. Palotta. Although Hannes is an exemplary police officer, he forges an identity card out of love for Traudel. However, the dizziness is exposed and Hannes is punished; at the end, the wedding with Traudel follows.

background

The great audience success of Forget Me My Traudel Not was one of a series of films that attempted to create a more realistic GDR reality and which were called “Berlin films”. The party leadership suspected “ ideological diversion ”. 1958 began "party active meetings", in which an attempt was initially made to discipline the SED members among the filmmakers. The head of the main film administration, Anton Ackermann, criticized various films and their directors (see web link) .

Although only for the second time in front of the camera, it is already unmistakable: Manfred Krug (as a rock singer).

Today's spelling of the film title (for example on DVD covers) is usually “don't forget my dreams”.

Movie reviews

“Forum”, Berlin, 27/1957: “One laughs a lot and heartily at this cheerful DEFA contemporary film; But sometimes it gets very quiet in the auditorium ... the silence that this unusual strip sometimes triggers is artistically intended. When it happens, we often approach one of his most beautiful moments. Because that is the special thing about him: He is not only strong when tears are laughed, he is also when there are tears of emotion, not a sentimental emotion, of course, but a real and human emotion. 'Don't forget my friends' is interesting from the first to the last meter, true to life and full of deep humor; it's an excellent film. "

Lexicon of International Films, 1995: "A very entertaining comedy with respectable acting performances, but also some style breaks and artistic deficiencies."

3sat film editorial team, January 20, 2006: “With ease and charm, Maetzig follows great American models in“ Don't forget me, ”and clearly surpasses comparable West German productions of that time in terms of quality. With quotes from Marilyn Monroe, headstrong charm and lively dialogues, the young Eva-Maria Hagen, the mother of Nina Hagen, convinces in her film debut. "

Release dates

  • Premiere: November 15, 1957
  • TV premiere (DFF1): January 17, 1958
  • Purchase video: January 31, 2001
  • Purchase DVD: January 20, 2006

literature

  • Kurt Barthel: Witches - don't forget my wives . Movie counts. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 1974.

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