“An insight into GDR history.”
— Margit Voss, Filmspiegel

“A psychological, intimate play.”
— Lexicon of International Film

“Jutta Hoffmann reminds us of young Giulietta Masina in La Strada.”
— Ralf Schenk, film historian

“The Carla film began as a crumpled bundle of carbon copy sheets. No mention of a story with a beginning and an end; the teacher did not have any trace of conflict. An easy-going dabbed impression. But with such good dialogs, so much feeling for characters and situations and with quirky jokes to my taste, so new and fresh! I had to meet this man immediately. (...) My first encounter with Plenzdorf.”   —Herrmann Zschoche, Spur der Zeiten