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The Legend of Rita (Die Stille nach dem SchuÃ)
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | January 24, 2001 |
| Running time: | 101 minutes |
| Cast: | Bibiana Beglau, Martin Wuttke, Nadja Uhl, Harald Schrott, Alexander Beyer |
| Director: | Volker Schlondorff |
| Producer: | Arthur Hofer, Emmo Lempest |
| Writer: | Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Volker Schlondorff |
| Distributor: | Kino International |
Description: The story opens in the early 1970s, at the height of the Cold War, as West German revolutionaries-in-love rob banks, hop continents on the lam, and try to reconcile their left-wing ideals with the less glamorous realities of their daily lives. Rita ends up in the East German equivalent of a witness protection program living out her "legend" (false identity) as a typical socialist worker. Now the year is 1989. The Berlin Wall is about to fall. Will Rita's world fall too?
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