The Plum Trees Have Surely Been Cut Down

(Die Pflaumenbäume sind wohl abgehauen)

GDR, 1978, 11 min, b&w
In German; English subtitles
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Synopsis

Sitting on the 7 o’clock train to Berlin on February 21, 1920, Bertolt Brecht writes the poem “Erinnerungen an die Marie A.” (“Reminiscence of Marie A.”). Director Kurt Tetzlaff interviews the almost 80-year-old Marie Rose Aman (1901-1988), one of the loves of Brecht’s youth, who inspired the poem. Aman movingly remembers her time with the young Brecht. The film includes a musical interpretation of the poem by the legendary singer and Berliner Ensemble actor Ernst Busch.

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