Zwei Mütter

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Zwei Mütter (English: Two mothers) is a 1957 East German film directed by Frank Beyer after a screenplay by Leonie Ossowski. The film was Frank Beyer's graduation film at the Film School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague. The film tells the story of a French and a German mother that fight for a child that has been mistakenly taken by the German after a bomb raid.^[1] The film had a theatrical release and became a popular success with more than 2 million tickets sold in East Germany, but was also criticized for "lack of a stance" and "bourgeois pacifism".^[2]

References

↑ Walk, Ines (June 2007). "Frank Beyer" (in German). DEFA Foundation. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ Löser, Claus (04.10.2006). "Immer unverbogen". Die Tageszeitung (in German). Retrieved 2009-06-05. Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

Zwei Mütter at the Internet Movie Database
Zwei Mütter at Filmportal.de (German)

v t e Films directed by Frank Beyer

1950s	Zwei Mütter (1957) Das Stacheltier: Fridericus Rex (1957) Das Stacheltier: Das Gesellschaftsspiel (1957) Eine alte Liebe (1959)

1960s	Five Cartridges (1960) Star-Crossed Lovers (1962) Naked Among Wolves (1963) Carbide and Sorrel (1963) Trace of Stones (1966)

1970s	Jacob the Liar (1975) Das Versteck (1978)

1980s	The Turning Point (1983) Bockshorn (1984) Der Bruch (1989)

1990s	Der Verdacht (1991)

Television films	Rottenknechte (1971) Die sieben Affären der Doña Juanita (1973) Geschlossene Gesellschaft (1981) Die zweite Haut (1981) Ende der Unschuld (1991) Sie und Er (1992) The Last U-Boat (1992) Das große Fest (1992) Wenn alle Deutschen schlafen (1995) Nikolaikirche (1995) Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1997) Abgehauen (1998)

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