Réalisation:
Roland GräfScénario:
Roland GräfPhotographie:
Roland DresselActeurs·trices:
Corinna Harfouch, Jörg Gudzuhn, Katrin Saß, Jutta Wachowiak, Viktor Mikhaylov, Angelika Böttiger, Falk Rockstroh, Aleksey Yakubov, Werner Dissel (plus)Résumés(1)
In post-1933 Germany, Hans Fallada, who didn't think of himself as a political writer, was one of the few remaining well-known progressive authors. The ever-increasing consolidation of the Nazi's powerbase meant that Fallada was subjected to ever-mounting political pressure, which caused him to descend into a deep personal crisis. As a man with a frail mental constitution, the conflict between his moral convictions and accommodation to the Nazi regime, as well as opportunism, caused him to lose his mental balance. Because it became harder and harder for him to write and publish truly world-class literature, Fallada became trapped in the web of a vicious circle of addictions: namely, to tablets and alcohol - which made him both aggressive and depressed. Anna, his wife, has always been an adviser and enduring pillar for her husband. She has long known about and fought against her spouse's mental breakdowns and insecurity, but now, other than to watch disheartened, she is unable to do anything to counter her husband's increasing binges of self-destruction. Finally, Anna decides to divorce her husband. On top of his violent assaults and insecurity, Fallada has become involved in a number of love affairs: firstly, with the housekeeper Anneliese, and then with a factory owner's widow from Berlin, Ursula Losch - a beautiful and attractive young woman. Fallada is flattered by the affection that Ursula shows him, and even though he discovers that she is a morphine addict he cannot get away from her. After the war, the Russians appointed the poet to the office of mayor, but in this position Fallada proved to be a failure as well. Alcohol and tablets had sapped his strength, and with his last remaining energy, he managed to complete his novel: "Jeder stirbt für sich allein". Totally shattered, Hans Fallada died in February of 1947 of heart failure. (Progress Film-Verleih)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
Corinna Harfouch
Allemagne de l'Est
Meilleurs films :
Paradis Express (1997)
La Chute (2004)
Berlin Calling (2008)
Jörg Gudzuhn
Empire allemand
Meilleurs films :
Crazy (2000)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (série)
Tatort (1970) (série)
Katrin Saß
Allemagne de l'Est
Meilleurs films :
Sein letztes Rennen (2013)
Good Bye, Lenin ! (2003)
Il était une fois un meurtre (2010)
Jutta Wachowiak
Empire allemand
Meilleurs films :
Rosenstrasse, Berlin 1943 (2003)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (série)
Tatort (1970) (série)
Viktor Mikhaylov
Union soviétique
Meilleurs films :
Lettres d'un homme mort (1986)
Posetitěl muzeja (1989)
Les Vilains petits canards (2006)
Angelika Böttiger
Allemagne de l'Est
Meilleurs films :
De l'autre côté du mur (2013)
Le Quatrième Pouvoir (2012)
Dein Leben gehört mir (2019) (téléfilm)
Falk Rockstroh
Allemagne de l'Est
Meilleurs films :
L'Affaire Collini (2019)
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006) (téléfilm)
Free Rainer (2007)
Aleksey Yakubov
Union soviétique
Meilleurs films :
Rodňa (1981)
Širli-Myrli (1995)
L'Équipage du 747 (1979)
Werner Dissel
Empire allemand
Meilleurs films :
Les Misérables (1958)
Der Fall Gleiwitz (1961)
Coming out (1989)
Aleksandr Voevodin
Meilleurs films :
Oficery (1971)
Gorjačij sněg (1972)
Bitva za Moskvu (1985)
Peter Pauli
Empire allemand
Meilleurs films :
Cours, Lola, cours (1998)
Jakob le menteur (1974)
Symphonie de printemps (1983)
Eckhard Becker
Meilleurs films :
L'Ange et le mauvais garçon (1947)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (série)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (série)
Carl Heinz Choynski
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
La Révolution silencieuse (2018)
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
La Voleuse de livres (2013)
Frank Haberland
Meilleurs films :
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (série)
Die Geschichte von der Gänseprinzessin und ihrem treuen Pferd Falada (1989)
Peter Mohrdieck
Allemagne
Meilleurs films :
Glück (2012)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (série)
Mutters Courage (1995)
Werner Godemann
Empire allemand
Meilleurs films :
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (série)
Tatort (1970) (série)
Der Eisenhans (1988)
Dorothea Mommsen
Empire allemand
Meilleurs films :
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (série)
Franziska Glöss-Ebermann
Meilleurs films :
Froschkönig (1988)
Wera Paintner
Empire allemand
Meilleurs films :
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (série)