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The Rabbit Is Me (1965) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 25, 1965

Original Title:
Das Kaninchen bin ich

Alternate Titles:
A nyúl én vagyok
I Am the Rabbit
The Rabbit Is Me

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
DEFA

Production Countries:
East Germany

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 

Runtime: 110

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Assistant Production Manager:
Dieter Anders

Costume Designer:
Rita Bieler

Director:
Kurt Maetzig

Director of Photography:
Erich Gusko

Dramaturgy:
Christel Gräf

Editor:
Helga Krause

First Assistant Camera:
Wolfgang Ebert

First Assistant Director:
Hanna Georgi

Gaffer:
Ernst Deckow

Makeup Artist:
Rosemarie Stäglich
Lothar Stäglich

Music:
Gerhard Rosenfeld
Reiner Bredemeyer

Novel:
Manfred Bieler

Production Design:
Alfred Thomalla

Production Manager:
Oscar Ludmann

Production Supervisor:
Martin Sonnabend

Property Master:
Alfred Schütz

Second Assistant Camera:
Jörg Erkens

Second Assistant Director:
Siegbert Fischer

Sound:
Konrad Walle

Writer:
Manfred Bieler
Kurt Maetzig

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