Rotation (1950)

Directed by

Wolfgang Staudte

Genre

drama film

Country

German Democratic Republic, Germany

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German man lives through the rise of Nazism and World War II. The film follows his choices and compromises as he tries to survive through a dark period in history.

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What happens

Rotation is a 1949 East German drama film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Paul Esser, Irene Korb and Werner Peters. It was produced under the auspices of the DEFA film studio in East Germany. It began filming on 29 September 1948 and premiered in theaters on 16 September 1949. The film was partly shot at the Althoff Studios in Potsdam. The art directors Willy Schiller and Arthur Schwarz worked on the film's sets. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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