Girls in Gingham

Girls in Gingham (1949)

Die Buntkarierten

A moving saga focusing on the women in a family that spans three generations and almost 70 years of German history, from the Wilhelmine period through the end of WWII. This film shows that it takes a combination of hard work, political consciousness and family work in tandem to face the tragedies of war, economic hardship and death.

Date of release
1949-07-08
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
History, Drama
Director
Kurt Maetzig

Casting

Interesting facts

Girls in Gingham —sometimes called Beaverskin—is a 1949 German drama film directed by Kurt Maetzig.

Production

The script was adapted by author Berta Waterstradt from her successful radio drama, During the Blackout, which was broadcast in the Berlin Radio. Waterstradt's screenplay was rejected by DEFA at first. Director Kurt Maetzig decided to film her script only after he realized he will not be able to create a picture based on a novel by Eduard Claudius.

The work on Girls in Gingham was relatively free from censure. It was created at the time before the Tito-Stalin Split and the founding of the German Democratic Republic forced strict censure on DEFA; according to Maetzig, the Soviet occupation authorities were determined not to force a USSR-style system on their subjects, but to allow them to develop their own model of Socialism.

Girls in Gingham was leading actress' Camilla Spira first role on screen since she was banned from working in cinema at 1935.

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