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Release Year1990
Runtime0h 45m
LanguageGerman
CertificationNR
GenresDocumentary
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DirectorWolfgang Bergmann
WritersPeter Probst, Wolfgang Bergmann
TypeFeature Film
RatingNot rated yet
Cast4 credited
Also Known AsCarola Neher - Todesursache unbekannt
About Carola Neher - Todesursache unbekannt
"Cause of Death Unknown" - Carola Neher (1900-1942) actress, singer and feminist. Brecht wrote the role Polly Peachum for her. She practiced boxing with Marlene Dietrich. After Hitler seized power, thousands of German communists and anti-fascists fled to the Soviet Union, the "fatherland of the working people". The tragedy of German communism is that the vast majority of them perished or were lost during Stalin's "cleansing". Carola Neher is one of the fate figures of that time. In the 20s, she belonged to the narrow circle of Brecht actresses. The film accompanies her son Georg Becker in search of his mother's traces in the sinking Soviet Union.
Directed by Wolfgang Bergmann, Carola Neher - Todesursache unbekannt leans on a strong ensemble — Georg Becker, Carola Neher, Anatol Becker — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 1990.
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