This biographical film is set in 1937, with Fallada suffering the effects of living under a microscope. The film details his decline, as he is intermittently imprisoned and threatened in order to motivate him to write for the Fatherland. Even the attention of his kind, patient wife and loving children begin to feel oppressive to him. This is one of the few films to take a serious, in-depth look at the tribulations of a creative artist pulled in all different directions by the real world.
Released: May 11, 1988
Runtime: 101 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Jörg Gudzuhn, Jutta Wachowiak, Katrin Sass, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Marga Legal
Crew: Roland Gräf (Director), Roland Gräf (Writer), Helga Schütz (Writer), Roland Dressel (Cinematography), Monika Schindler (Editor)