Meine Frau macht Musik
GDR 1957/58. Dir.: Hans Heinrich. Music: Gerd Natschinski, Kurt Henkels, Trompete: Horst Fischer. Book: Walter Niklaus. 88 min. DCP
With Lore Frisch [Gesang: Gitta Lind], Günther Simon, Maly Delschaft, Evelyn Künneke, Alexander Hegarth, Kurt Schmidtchen, Paul Heidemann
When a wife and mother wants to resume her interrupted singing career at the side of an Italian pop singer, her husband tries to sabotage her with all his might … DEFA’s first revue film – still with a mixed cast of East and West stars – explicitly addresses women breaking out of gender roles.
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Introduction: Evelyn Hampicke
Kindly supported by DEFA-Foundation