Movielogr
The Rabbit Is Me (1965)
Directed by Kurt Maetzig
Overview
The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. In it, a young student has an affair with a judge who once sentenced her brother for political reasons; she eventually confronts him with his opportunism and hypocrisy. It is a sardonic portrayal of the German Democratic Republic’s judicial system and its social implications. The film was banned by officials as an anti-socialist, pessimistic and revisionist attack on the state. It henceforth lent its name to all the banned films of 1965, which became known as the “Rabbit Films.” After its release in 1990, The Rabbit Is Me earned critical praise as one of the most important and courageous works ever made in East Germany. It was screened at The Museum of Modern Art in 2005 as part of the film series Rebels with a Cause: The Cinema of East Germany.
Length 110 minutes
Actors
Angelika Waller | Alfred Müller | Ilse Voigt | Wolfgang Winkler | Carmen-Maja Antoni | Irma Münch | Maria Besendahl | Rudolf Ulrich | Helmut Schellhardt | Willi Schrade | Willi Narloch | Annemarie Esper | Peter Borgelt | Christoph Engel | Hans Hardt-Hardtloff | Walter Jupé | Rosemarie Herzog | Werner Wieland | Günter Drescher | Ursula Schön | Hans Klering | Walter Lendrich | Dieter Wien | Hans Sievers | Bernd Bartoczewski | Renate Pohl | Else Wolz | Günther Polensen | Frank Michelis | Fred Ludwig | Erhard Köster | Walter E. Fuß | Anneliese Grummt | Ruth Kommerell | Roland Kuchenbuch | Armin Mechsner | Rolf Mey-Dahl | Rita Hempel | Harkishan Singh | Harald Moszdorf | Gustav Stähnisch | Willi Neuenhahn | Friedrich Teitge | Albert Zahn