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999 _c1944
_d1944
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040 _cSILC
041 _ager
_beng
_hger
_jeng
046 _k2000
050 _aPN1997
_b.S755 2000
100 _aVolker Schlöndorff
_91804
240 _aThe Legend of Rita
245 _aDie Stille nach dem Schuß
_cVolker Schlöndorff
_h[videorecording]=
_bThe Legend of Rita
246 _aThe Legend of Rita
260 _aGermany
_bARTE
_bBabelsberg Film
_bMitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR)
_c2000
300 _a1 videodisc (ca. 101 min.)
_bsound, color.
_c4 3/4 in.
500 _a<based on, contains the following, public viewing rights>
520 _aFrom case cover: From Volker Schlöndorff, the acclaimed director of The Tin Drum, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, and Circle of Deceit, comes The Legend of Rita, a striking political thriller set in the later years of the Cold War. Anchored by a stunning lead performance by newcomer Bibíana Beglau, in the title role, the film recounts the struggles of a young West German woman as she flees from the consequences of her radical past. Rita starts her journey as a member of a bank-robbing, terrorist group, loosely based on the real Baader-Meinhof gang, who sparred with the West German police throughout the seventies. After a series of complication, these anti-capitalist revolutionaries are forced to disband, but Rita decides to take refuge in East Germany under a false identity - the "legend" of the title. As "Susanne Schmidt," a worker at a fabric dyeing plant, this former socialist activist begins to encounter some of the drab and discontented reality of a Communist state. With remarkable dexterity, The Legend of Rita deftly captures the conflicts at the heart of a socialist system, even as Rita becomes personally involved with an alcoholic factory worker (Nadja Uhl) and then a young physics student (Alexander Beyer). As the years pass and Rita is forced into other identities, the film becomes a vivid portrait of how growing sense of alienation, although her devotion to the distant ideal of socialism never changes.
538 _aDVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; stereo; NTSC; Regions 1-6; 1.85:1 as 16:9 widescreen.
546 _aGerman audio with English subtitles.
700 _aVolker Schlöndorff
_eScreenwriter
_eDirector
_91804
700 _aWolfgang Kohlhaase
_eScreenwriter
700 _aBibiana Beglau
_eActor
700 _aRichard Kropf
_eActor
700 _aMartin Wuttke
_eActor
942 _2lcc
_cDVD