Divided Heaven

Divided Heaven

116 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 2, 1964

After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; how his enthusiasm about his new chemical process turned to bitter disappointment in the face of official rejection; how he escaped to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built and hoped that she would follow him …

Divided Heaven

116 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 2, 1964

Divided Heaven
After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; how his enthusiasm about his new chemical process turned to bitter disappointment in the face of official rejection; how he escaped to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built and hoped that she would follow him …
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers DEFA
Original title Der geteilte Himmel
Directors Kurt Barthel, Konrad Wolf
Writers Gerhard Wolf, Christa Wolf, Kurt Barthel, Willi Brückner, Konrad Wolf

Cast

Renate Blume

as Rita Seidel

Eberhard Esche

as Manfred Herrfurth

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

as Rolf Meternagel

Hilmar Thate

as Wendland

Martin Flörchinger

as Herr Herrfurth

Erika Pelikowsky

as Frau Herrfurth

Günther Grabbert

as Ernst Schwarzenbach

Agnes Kraus

as Frau Meternagel

Paul Berndt

as Melcher

Horst Jonischkan

as Martin Jung

Petra Kelling

as Sigrid

Horst Weinheimer

as Ermisch

Christoph Engel

as Liebentrau

Uwe Detlef Jessen

as Mangold

Erik Veldre

as Schwabe

Otto Lang

as Professor

Lothar Bellag

as Dr. Seiffert

Dorothea Volk

as Ritas Mutter

Waltraut Kramm

as Frau Schwarzenbach

Heinz Hellmich

as Doctor