Underplayed Gems

Sunday Drivers (1963)

Sunday Drivers poster
Original title
Sonntagsfahrer
Directed by
Gerhard Klein
Genre
comedy film
Country
German Democratic Republic
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Six unhappy people from Leipzig decide to drive to West Berlin. The film follows their journey and the troubles they encounter along the way.

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What happens

Sonntagsfahrer (Sunday Drivers) is a 1963 East German comedy-drama film directed by Gerhard Klein for the DEFA studio. The screenplay for the film was written by Wolfgang Kohlhaase and Georg Edel, and is about six disgruntled citizens of Leipzig who try to leave East Germany for West Berlin. It premiered on August 30, 1963, in Berlin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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