The Sonnenbrucks

1951 1h 39m DE

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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Professor Sonnenbruck is a scientist who is not particularly interested in politics. Even the meeting in 1943 with his former assistant Peters does not change him. He does not betray Peters, who has escaped from a concentration camp, but that is already enough for him. But after the war Sonnenrbruck gets into a conflict of conscience. He thought that science was finally free of politics again only to find the opposite happening at his university in Göttingen. A medical congress in the GDR brings him together with Peters, who is working on a major research contract there. Sonnenbruck decides to visit Peters.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Eduard von Winterstein
Prof. Walter Sonnenbruck
Maly Delschaft
Bertha Sonnenbruck
Ursula Burg
Ruth Sonnenbruck
Raimund Schelcher
Dozent Joachim Peters
Harry Riebauer
Student
Herbert Köfer
Christian Föns
Käte Alving
Agnes Sörensen
Friedrich Maurer
Tourterelle

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Georg C. Klaren
Writers: Kurt Maetzig, Georg C. Klaren, Leon Kruczkowski
Languages: German
Countries: East Germany

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ERA

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75 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Georg C. Klaren, shot by Fritz Lehmann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ernst Roters. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Friedel Welsandt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Eduard von Winterstein and Maly Delschaft and Ursula Burg carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0230805 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Georg C. Klaren directs. Fritz Lehmann behind the camera. Ernst Roters scores. Friedel Welsandt cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in East Germany. Dialogue in German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

175 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Georg C. Klaren, shot by Fritz Lehmann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Ernst Roters. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Friedel Welsandt shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Eduard von Winterstein and Maly Delschaft and Ursula Burg carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0230805 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.