Love's Confusion

Love's Confusion (1959)

Verwirrung der Liebe

The film tells the love story of two young couples. According to their social ranks, construction worker Edy is dating employee Siegi, while medical student Dieter is dating art school student Sonja. Rather unintentionally, they exchange partners. During a carnival ball, Dieter makes out with Siegi because he falls for her her fresh and happy girlish manner. Sonja coolly observes this game and sees this intermezzo as a test for their relationship. While Siegi and Dieter vacation at the sea, Sonja falls in love with Edy. Now the die seems to be cast for new constellations. But when both couples stand in front of the registrar’s office, they finally come to their senses.

Date of release
1959-11-13
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Director
Slatan Dudow

Casting

Interesting facts

Love's Confusion is an East German romantic comedy film directed by Slátan Dudow. It was released in 1959.

Production

Love's Confusion was Dudow's last film. Influenced by the relaxed political climate ushered with the Khrushchev Thaw, the picture was unprecedentedly libertine in regards to sexuality .

The film was the screen debut of actress Angelica Domröse, who had been selected from among 800 candidates interested in the role. Principal photography lasted eleven months.

Dudow's work greatly exceeded the approved budget, which was originally set on 2,309,500 East German Mark; additional costs reached some 925,000 DDM. Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler published an article in Neues Deutschland critical of the delays and expenditures.

In addition, the director faced difficulties in including a scene featuring nude bathing. While the DEFA studio insisted on its removal, Dudow attempted to preserve it by turning it into a dream sequence; he appealed to Minister of Culture Alexander Abusch, a former naturist who appeared in Dudow's 1932 Kuhle Wampe as a nude extra. Abusch submitted the request directly to Walter Ulbricht, who denied it.

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