| A Berlin Romance | |
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| Directed by | Gerhard Klein |
| Written by | Wolfgang Kohlhaase |
| Cinematography | Wolf Göthe |
| Edited by | Ursula Kahlbaum |
| Music by | Günter Klück |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | East Germany |
| Language | German |
A Berlin Romance (German: Eine Berliner Romanze) is a 1956 East German neo-realist[1] romantic drama film about youth urban life in the divided city of Berlin,[2] directed by Gerhard Klein.[3] It was produced by the DEFA film company.[4] It stars Annekathrin Bürger, Ulrich Thein and Uwe-Jens Pape.[5] The script was written by Wolfgang Kohlhaase with a score composed by Günter Klück.[6] The film was the second collaboration between Klein and Kohlhaase; the first was Alarm in the Circus (Alarm im Zirkus), released in 1954 and third came in 1957 with Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser.[7] These films were noted for their strong criticism of consumer culture in Berlin after World War II and the Americanization of the capital and are amongst DEFA's best known films.[8][9]
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- ^ Vogt, Guntram; Sanke, Philipp (2001). Die Stadt im Film: deutsche Spielfilme 1900-2000. Schüren. p. 462. ISBN 978-3-89472-331-6. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ Poss, Ingrid (2006). Spur der Filme: Zeitzeugen über die DEFA. Ch. Links Verlag. p. 110. ISBN 978-3-86153-401-3. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ Schulz, Günter; Hackbarth, Doris (1989). DEFA-Spielfilme: Filmografie. Staatliches Filmarchiv der DDR. p. 111. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ Hake, Sabine (2002). German national cinema. Routledge. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-415-08901-2. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ Urang, John Griffith (30 November 2010). Legal tender: love and legitimacy in the East German cultural imagination. Cornell University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-8014-7653-2. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ Allan, Seán; Sandford, John (1999). DEFA: East German cinema, 1946-1992. Berghahn Books. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-57181-753-2. Retrieved 28 March 2011.