Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...

Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser... (1957)

The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Dieter is a construction worker who falls in love with Angela. She, in turn, spends time with the clique whenever her mother is occupied with her new lover. "Kohle" stays away from home to avoid his dad's alcohol problem, and Karl-Heinz is on his way to becoming a small-time criminal. Due to their interest in western music and culture they are regarded as no-goods and rowdies. Things get interesting when an incident forces Dieter and "Kohle" to escape to West Germany. Written by c.winter

Date of release
1957-08-30
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (17)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Gerhard Klein

Casting

Interesting facts

Berlin, Schoenhauser Corner is an East German crime film directed by Gerhard Klein. It was released in 1957.

Production

The screenplay of Berlin – Ecke Schönhauser… was written in summer 1956 - during the early months of the Khrushchev Thaw - and severely criticized by officials in the Ministry of Culture's Cinema Directorate upon its completion. It was seen by the authorities as portraying only the negative side of life in the country. Director Klein did not receive approval to begin filming, but did so anyhow, starting at October.

But when it was presented to the Central Committee of the Free German Youth, Hans Modrow praised Klein's work and declared that it would be beneficial for the populace. The film was approved for release.

Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser... was released only a year after the release of Die Halbstarken (1956) in the Federal Republic of Germany. Die Halbstarken is one of numerous German-made films inspired by the American young rebel films of the 1950s that featured young, male protagonists rebelling against the rule of law and breaking societal norms.

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