The Wonderful Years
Encyclopedia
The Wonderful Years is a 1979 West German
drama film
directed by Reiner Kunze
and starring Gabi Marr, Martin May, Dietrich Mattausch
and Christine Wodetzky
. It was based on Kunze's own book Die wunderbaren Jahre which was deeply critical of the system of government in East Germany. It won a Bavarian Film Award in the Best Screenplay
category.
Cinema of Germany
Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Reiner Kunze
Reiner Kunze
Reiner Kunze is a German writer and GDR dissident. He studied media and journalism at the University of Leipzig. In 1968, he left the GDR state party SED following the communist Warsaw Pact countries invasion of Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague Spring. He had to publish his work under...
and starring Gabi Marr, Martin May, Dietrich Mattausch
Dietrich Mattausch
-Selected filmography:* The Wonderful Years * Der kostbare Gast * The Roaring Fifties * A Love in Germany * The Record * Success -Television appearances:* The Old Fox* Faust...
and Christine Wodetzky
Christine Wodetzky
Christine Wodetzky was a German film and television actress.-Selected filmography:* The Odessa File * To the Bitter End * The Wonderful Years -External links:...
. It was based on Kunze's own book Die wunderbaren Jahre which was deeply critical of the system of government in East Germany. It won a Bavarian Film Award in the Best Screenplay
Bavarian Film Awards (Best Screenplay)
This is a list of the winners of the Bavarian Film Awards Prize for Best Screenplay.1979 Reiner Kunze1980 Judith Herzberg, Franz Weisz1987 Percy & Eleonore Adlon, Ulf Miehe, Klaus Richter1989 Gabriel Barylli...
category.
Cast
- Gabi Marr ... Cornelia
- Martin May ... Stephan
- Dietrich MattauschDietrich Mattausch-Selected filmography:* The Wonderful Years * Der kostbare Gast * The Roaring Fifties * A Love in Germany * The Record * Success -Television appearances:* The Old Fox* Faust...
... Herr Bergmann - Christine WodetzkyChristine WodetzkyChristine Wodetzky was a German film and television actress.-Selected filmography:* The Odessa File * To the Bitter End * The Wonderful Years -External links:...
... Frau Bergmann - Rolf Boysen ... Pfarrer
- Bärbel Deutschmann ... Eva
- Thomas Frontzek ... Michael
- Erich Schleyer ... Klaus
- Joane Prawitz ... Angelika
- Hans Helmut Dickow ... Direktor
- Eberhard Mondry ... Beckert
- Katharina MatzKatharina Matz-Selected filmography:* The Man Who Sold Himself * As You Like It * The Wonderful Years * Fifty Fifty -Television appearances:* Maximilian von Mexiko* The Old Fox* Rosamunde Pilcher* Notruf Hafenkante...
... Lehrerin - Carola Schwarz ... Ute Weber
- Harald Dietl ... Major
- Klaus Münster ... Brigadier