And the Desire Remains...

Overview

In three parts, the documentary takes a look at the lives of three working mothers in East Berlin. Carola is a nude model and cleaner, Sabine is a singer and Heike is a secretary. All the women have to bring up their children alone, some of them abandoned by their husbands, some of them having consciously broken out of the housewife existence. Their self-determination is repeatedly thwarted by a repressive society. Director Petra Tschörner captures the daily struggle for survival of these women, who also have their say to explain their sometimes precarious situation from their own perspective.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 8, 1988

Original language

German

Spoken languages

german

Countries

East Germany, Germany

Production

ZDF,DEFA Studio für Dokumentarfilme,DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme,ZDF, DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt27671332