The Rabbit Is Me
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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.
Cast
Angelika Waller
Maria Morzeck
Alfred Müller
Paul Deister
Ilse Voigt
Tante Hete
Wolfgang Winkler
Dieter Morzeck
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Schulfreundin
Irma Münch
Gabriele Deister
Maria Besendahl
Wirtin
Rudolf Ulrich
Grambow
Helmut Schellhardt
Mayor
Willi Schrade
Ulli
Willi Narloch
Oskar
Annemarie Esper
Edith
Peter Borgelt
Richter
Christoph Engel
Major Hellmich
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Vorsitzender der Fischereigenossenschaft
Walter Jupé
Principal
Rosemarie Herzog
Secretary
Werner Wieland
Dr. Merker
Günter Drescher
Cop
Ursula Schön
Hella
Hans Klering
Älterer Strafgefangener
Walter Lendrich
Kleiner Wachtmeister im Gericht
Dieter Wien
Staatsanwalt Hoppe
Hans Sievers
Kriminalist
Bernd Bartoczewski
Kriminalist
Renate Pohl
Barfrau
Else Wolz
Frau eines Strafgefangenen
Günther Polensen
Verteidiger
Frank Michelis
Josef
Fred Ludwig
Helmut
Erhard Köster
Beetz
Walter E. Fuß
Straßenbahner
Anneliese Grummt
Protokollantin
Ruth Kommerell
Frau eines Strafgefangenen
Roland Kuchenbuch
Tänzer
Armin Mechsner
Tänzer
Rolf Mey-Dahl
Tänzer
Rita Hempel
Küchenfrau
Harkishan Singh
Araber
Harald Moszdorf
Mann um die 40
Gustav Stähnisch
Beisitzer
Willi Neuenhahn
Friedrich Teitge
