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Mistake, The
Original Title: Die Verfehlung
Germany, 1991, 100 min., color
Director: Heiner Carow

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DVD Special Features:
Biographies & Filmographies
Introductory Essay by Erika Richter
Written Interview with Ulrich Weiß
WENDE FLICKS Trailer
About The Wende Museum

Synopsis:
It is 1988. Jacob (Gottfried John), from Hamburg in West Germany, falls in love with Elisabeth (Angelica Domröse) in East Germany. When they secretly meet in East Berlin, it seems the Stasi (secret police) knows about it. When Jacob visits her village, someone informs on him and he is deported. Elisabeth knows who begrudges her this love and takes her revenge. Critics note that in this film, director Heiner Carow revisits the themes of his 1972 smash hit, The Legend of Paul and Paula, which became a cult film throughout Germany.

Press Comments:

An angry look back at a state, one of whose repulsive attributes was interference into the private life of its citizens. - Heinz Kersten, film journalist

A West-East German tragedy about the difficulties of a border-crossing love before the Wende. - TV Spielfilm

Images from a destroyed country. - Der Tagesspiegel

Part of the DEFA Film Library’s touring film series, WENDE FLICKS: Last Films from East Germany, that premiered in Los Angeles in spring 2009.


Crew:
Cinematography: Martin Schlesinger
Music: Stefan Carow
Editor: Evelyn Carow
Dramaturge: Erika Richter
Screenplay: Wolfram Witt, Heiner Carow

  


Cast:
Angelica Domröse
Gottfried John
Jörg Gudzuhn
Dagmar Manzel
Katja Paryla
Dirk Kummer
Justus Carrière


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