Helene Sonntag, 40, unmarried and a teacher. She has long dreamed of happy partnership, but things turn out as they should. In order to avoid the work overload caused by substitute teaching and vacation childcare, she is forced to make a move.
Acting
Geißler's deadpan desperation is perfectly calibrated.
Production
Authentic DDR interiors — every beige wall tells a story.
Director
Jens-Peter Proll
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
DEFA's late-period women's films used comedy to smuggle critiques of East German labor policies past censors.
Director Jens-Peter Proll made only three features before disappearing from cinema — this was his most commercially successful.
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