Divided Heaven (Der geteilte Himmel) 60 years old

After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; how his enthusiasm about his new chemical process turned to bitter disappointment in the face of official rejection; how he escaped to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built and hoped that she would follow him …

Credits

Divided Heaven Cast

Name Character
Renate Blume She was 20, now 80 years old as Rita Seidel
Erik Veldre He was 32, now 92 years old
Uwe Detlef Jessen He was 33, 87 years old when he died
Hilmar Thate He was 33, 85 years old when he died as Wendland
Petra Kelling She was 20, now 80 years old
Hilmar Baumann He was 25, 79 years old when he died as Nachrichtenüberbringer
Eberhard Esche He was 30, 72 years old when he died as Manfred Herrfurth
Günther Grabbert He was 33, 79 years old when he died as Ernst Schwarzenbach
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff He was 58, 67 years old when he died as Rolf Meternagel
Agnes Kraus She was 53, 84 years old when she died as Frau Meternagel
Martin Flörchinger He was 54, 95 years old when he died as Herr Herrfurth
Christoph Engel He was 38, 86 years old when he died
Paul Berndt He was 32, 79 years old when he died as Melcher
Horst Jonischkan He was 26, 41 years old when he died
Erika Pelikowsky She was 48, 74 years old when she died as Frau Herrfurth

Divided Heaven Crew

Name Department
Helga Krause as Editor. She was 29 (53) years old when She died Editing
Willi Brückner as Screenplay. He was 49 (26) years old when He died Writing
Hans-Dieter Hosalla as Music. He was 44 (75) years old when He died Sound
Werner Bergmann as Cinematography. He was 43 (69) years old when He died Crew
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Divided Heaven (60 years)

  • Release day: Friday, October 02, 1964
  • Runtime: 116 minutes