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Fleur Lafontaine
Berlin, 1948: Paralyzed and robbed of her memory, Fleur regains consciousness after a serious fall. The doctor treating her recognizes that her problem is of a psychological nature and encourages her to face up to her past. The daughter of a brothel owner is reluctant to look back: on a hapless childhood, her relationships with bon vivant Dr. Goldner and the politically committed locksmith Philipp (Hilmar Thate) as well as the difficult period of fascism... This exciting journey into the German past is based on Dinah Nelken's novel "Das angstvolle Heldenleben einer gewissen Fleur Lafontaine".
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Berlin, 1948: Paralyzed and robbed of her memory, Fleur regains consciousness after a serious fall. The doctor treating her recognizes that her problem is of a psychological nature and encourages her to face up to her past. The daughter of a brothel owner is reluctant to look back: on a hapless childhood, her relationships with bon vivant Dr. Goldner and the politically committed locksmith Philipp (Hilmar Thate) as well as the difficult period of fascism... This exciting journey into the German past is based on Dinah Nelken's novel "Das angstvolle Heldenleben einer gewissen Fleur Lafontaine".
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Horst Seemann, Dinah Nelken, Hans-Albert Pederzani
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Runtime:186 minutes
Studio:DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Fernsehen der DDR
Cast
Horst Seemann
Director
Angelica Domröse
Fleur Lafontaine
Hilmar Thate
Philipp Pommeranz
Eberhard Esche
Dr. Fritz Goldner
Gisela May
Käthe Lafontaine
Fred Düren
Eberhard Lafontaine
Gerhard Bienert
Opa Schnedderich
Jutta Hoffmann
Lotti Goldner
Hans Teuscher
Jean Louis Lafontaine
Herwart Grosse
Professor Bardekow
Käthe Reichel
Tussi
Stefan Lisewski
Herbert Bumke
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