Stein
(Stein)

Stein © DEFA-Stiftung, Heinz Pufahl
Günther, Egon |
Mädler, Barbara |
Günther, Egon |
Schütz, Helga |
Gräf, Christel |
Schindler, Monika |
Gusko, Erich |
Horn, Harald |
Dorst, Christiane |
Stäglich, Lothar |
Stäglich, Rosemarie |
Brahms, Johannes |
Purcell, Henry |
Sasse, Karl-Ernst |
Bevan, Maurice |
Burmeister, Annelies |
Elliott, Paul |
Hardy, Rosemary |
Leipzig Men's Broadcast Choir |
Leipzig Symphony Broadcast Orchestra |
The Deller Choir |
Bendokat, Margit |
Berlin, Uwe-Dag |
Dahm, Evelyne |
Doblies, Eckhard |
Ferse, Anne |
Herold, Franziska |
Ludwig, Rolf |
Möhring, Johanna |
Paryla, Katja |
Schwarz, Jaecki |
DEFA Studio Babelsberg GmbH |
Synopsis
Well-known actor Ernst Stein (played by Rolf Ludwig) protested against the military invasion of Prague in 1968 by quitting the stage during a performance of "King Lear," never to return. For him, the theater has lost its claim to being a moral institution.
Stein spends the next two decades living on the outskirts of Berlin and receding into his own imagination. With a reputation for being a peculiar outsider, his only friends are the neighborhood young people, including twenty-year-old Sara, who he falls in love with. But even Stein's isolated existance is turned upside down by the political and social upheaval of the Wende.
Awards
1991 |
Frederico Fellini Prize for Best Actor (Rolf Ludwig), Viareggio International Film Festival |