The Rabbit Is Me (1965)

ALL 10/25/1965 (de) Drama, Romance 110 Min
  • Release
    10/25/1965
  • Production
    DEFA
  • Rotten tomato
    67%
  • Original title
    Das Kaninchen bin ich
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Kurt Maetzig

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Helga Krause

    Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Angelika Waller

    Maria Morzeck

  2. Alfred Müller

    Paul Deister

  3. Ilse Voigt

    Tante Hete

  4. Wolfgang Winkler

    Dieter Morzeck

  5. Carmen-Maja Antoni

    Schulfreundin

  6. Irma Münch

    Gabriele Deister

  7. Maria Besendahl

    Wirtin

  8. Rudolf Ulrich

    Grambow

  9. Helmut Schellhardt

    Mayor

  10. Willi Schrade

    Ulli

  11. Willi Narloch

    Oskar

  12. Annemarie Esper

    Edith

  13. Peter Borgelt

    Richter

  14. Christoph Engel

    Major Hellmich

  15. Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

    Vorsitzender der Fischereigenossenschaft

  16. Walter Jupé

    Principal

  17. Rosemarie Herzog

    Secretary

  18. Werner Wieland

    Dr. Merker

  19. Günter Drescher

    Cop

  20. Ursula Schön

    Hella

  21. Hans Klering

    Älterer Strafgefangener

  22. Walter Lendrich

    Kleiner Wachtmeister im Gericht

  23. Dieter Wien

    Staatsanwalt Hoppe

  24. Hans Sievers

    Kriminalist

  25. Bernd Bartoczewski

    Kriminalist

  26. Renate Pohl

    Barfrau

  27. Else Wolz

    Frau eines Strafgefangenen

  28. Günther Polensen

    Verteidiger

  29. Frank Michelis

    Josef

  30. Fred Ludwig

    Helmut

  31. Erhard Köster

    Beetz

  32. Walter E. Fuß

    Straßenbahner

  33. Anneliese Grummt

    Protokollantin

  34. Ruth Kommerell

    Frau eines Strafgefangenen

  35. Roland Kuchenbuch

    Tänzer

  36. Armin Mechsner

    Tänzer

  37. Rolf Mey-Dahl

    Tänzer

  38. Rita Hempel

    Küchenfrau

  39. Harkishan Singh

    Araber

  40. Harald Moszdorf

    Mann um die 40

  41. Gustav Stähnisch

    Beisitzer

  42. Willi Neuenhahn

  43. Friedrich Teitge

  44. Albert Zahn

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 44 , Crews : 23

Keyword

The Rabbit Is Me (1965) 110 Min

ALL 10/25/1965 (de)
Drama, Romance
  • Release 10/25/1965
  • Production
    DEFA
  • Original title Das Kaninchen bin ich
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Kurt Maetzig

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Helga Krause

    Editor

  4. Producer