Declaration of Love to G.T.

Declaration of Love to G.T.

90 mins | Drama | June 2, 1971

Dr. Gisa Tonius, a physicist in her thirties who has a nearly adult stepdaughter, cherishes the desire to have her own child. Suddenly, a big interdisciplinary research project threatens to significantly change Gisa′s life. Uncertain whether to look for professional or private fulfillment she asks her family and friends for their opinions. They all have different views on the point at issue. While her husband is afraid of losing her to her profession, her professor thinks that because of her talent she has an obligation towards science. In the end, Gisa reaches a decision: She wants to have a baby as well as take on the research project.

Declaration of Love to G.T.

90 mins | Drama | June 2, 1971

Declaration of Love to G.T.
Dr. Gisa Tonius, a physicist in her thirties who has a nearly adult stepdaughter, cherishes the desire to have her own child. Suddenly, a big interdisciplinary research project threatens to significantly change Gisa′s life. Uncertain whether to look for professional or private fulfillment she asks her family and friends for their opinions. They all have different views on the point at issue. While her husband is afraid of losing her to her profession, her professor thinks that because of her talent she has an obligation towards science. In the end, Gisa reaches a decision: She wants to have a baby as well as take on the research project.
Producers DEFA
Original title Liebeserklärung an G.T.
Directors Horst Seemann
Writers Horst Seemann, Helfried Schreiter

Cast

Ewa Krzyżewska

as Gisa Tonius

Jürgen Frohriep

as Werner Tonius

Herwart Grosse

as Professor Ebert

Traudl Kulikowsky

as Annette Haferkorn

Holger Mahlich

as Bernd Stübener

Erika Pelikowsky

as Professor Bergholz

Erik S. Klein

as General Director Reinicke

Otto Dierichs

as Old Berger

Klaus-Peter Thiele

as Hubert

Jörg Knochée

as Peter

Karin Beewen

as Nurse

Annette Ebrecht

as Ines

Peter Festersen

as Driver of Tatra

Martin Flörchinger

as Professor Henrici

Aleksandr Khvylya

as Professor Lischkow

Walter Jupé

as Dr. Ledig

Viktor Kolpakov

as Old Man

Agnes Kraus

as Frau Götze

Lotte Loebinger

as Frau Prestin

Yelena Maksimova

as Old Woman

Burkhard Mann

as Jochen

Semyon Morozov

as Kolja

Claudia Poppe

as Sabine Tonius

Vsevolod Safonov

as Site Manager

Traute Sense

as Fräulein Schulze

Yevgeni Zharikov

as Wladimir

Margarita Volodina

as Ludmilla

Harald Warmbrunn

as Brigadier

Thomas Weisgerber

as Dr. Fischer

Dieter Wien

as Dr. Müller

Günter Wolf

as Heinz Gerber

Arno Wyzniewski

as Minister