The Legend of Paul and Paula
The controversial comedy from behind the iron curtain.
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3/14/1973Runtime
105 minsOverview
Paul and Paula have had bad experiences with love: Paul is financially well off but has lost all affection for his wife, and Paula leads a troublesome life raising two children on her own. They meet and discover a strong passion for each other. Life seems like a dream when they're together - but their short flights from the burdens of reality are once and again interrupted by Paul's ties to family and career.
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A tender portrait of two damaged people finding unexpected passion in each other, only to discover that love cannot exist in isolation from the messy constraints of their real lives. Shot through with East German melancholy and the ache of knowing happiness is fragile.
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Angelica Domröse
Paula
Winfried Glatzeder
Paul
Heidemarie Wenzel
Die Schöne
Fred Delmare
Reifen-Saft
Rolf Ludwig
Professor
Käthe Reichel
Frau des Schießbudenbesitzers
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Schießbudenbesitzer
Frank-Otto Schenk
Schmidt
Dietmar Richter-Reinick
Kumpel
Eva-Maria Hagen
Freundin vom blonden Martin
Jürgen Frohriep
Der blonde Martin
Robert Glatzeder
Michael - Pauls Sohn
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