The Rabbit Is Me

The Rabbit Is Me

110 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 25, 1965

The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. In it, a young student has an affair with a judge who once sentenced her brother for political reasons; she eventually confronts him with his opportunism and hypocrisy. It is a sardonic portrayal of the German Democratic Republic's judicial system and its social implications. The film was banned by officials as an anti-socialist, pessimistic and revisionist attack on the state. It henceforth lent its name to all the banned films of 1965, which became known as the "Rabbit Films." After its release in 1990, The Rabbit Is Me earned critical praise as one of the most important and courageous works ever made in East Germany. It was screened at The Museum of Modern Art in 2005 as part of the film series Rebels with a Cause: The Cinema of East Germany.

The Rabbit Is Me

110 mins | Drama, Romance | Oct. 25, 1965

The Rabbit Is Me
The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. In it, a young student has an affair with a judge who once sentenced her brother for political reasons; she eventually confronts him with his opportunism and hypocrisy. It is a sardonic portrayal of the German Democratic Republic's judicial system and its social implications. The film was banned by officials as an anti-socialist, pessimistic and revisionist attack on the state. It henceforth lent its name to all the banned films of 1965, which became known as the "Rabbit Films." After its release in 1990, The Rabbit Is Me earned critical praise as one of the most important and courageous works ever made in East Germany. It was screened at The Museum of Modern Art in 2005 as part of the film series Rebels with a Cause: The Cinema of East Germany.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers DEFA
Original title Das Kaninchen bin ich
Directors Kurt Maetzig
Writers Manfred Bieler, Kurt Maetzig

Cast

Angelika Waller

as Maria Morzeck

Alfred Müller

as Paul Deister

Ilse Voigt

as Tante Hete

Wolfgang Winkler

as Dieter Morzeck

Carmen-Maja Antoni

as Schulfreundin

Irma Münch

as Gabriele Deister

Maria Besendahl

as Wirtin

Rudolf Ulrich

as Grambow

Helmut Schellhardt

as Bürgermeister

Willi Schrade

as Ulli

Willi Narloch

as Oskar

Annemarie Esper

as Edith

Peter Borgelt

as Richter

Christoph Engel

as Major Hellmich

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

as Vorsitzender der Fischereigenossenschaft

Walter Jupé

as Schuldirektor

Rosemarie Herzog

as Sekretärin

Werner Wieland

as Dr - Merker

Günter Drescher

as Polizist

Ursula Schön

as Hella

Hans Klering

as Älterer Strafgefangener

Walter Lendrich

as Kleiner Wachtmeister im Gericht

Dieter Wien

as Staatsanwalt Hoppe

Hans Sievers

as Kriminalist

Bernd Bartoczewski

as Kriminalist

Renate Pohl

as Barfrau

Else Wolz

as Frau eines Strafgefangenen

Günther Polensen

as Verteidiger

Frank Michelis

as Josef

Fred Ludwig

as Helmut

Erhard Köster

as Beetz

Walter E. Fuß

as Straßenbahner

Anneliese Grummt

as Protokollantin

Ruth Kommerell

as Frau eines Strafgefangenen

Roland Kuchenbuch

as Tänzer

Armin Mechsner

as Tänzer

Rolf Mey-Dahl

as Tänzer

Rita Hempel

as Küchenfrau

Harkishan Singh

as Araber

Harald Moszdorf

as Mann um die 40

Gustav Stähnisch

as Beisitzer