The poet Hans Fallada (Jörg Gudzuhn) lives with his family in Carwitz, Mecklenburg. His longing for harmony collides with the circumstances of the time and his own inner conflict. He hardly writes anything relevant anymore, drinks and takes pills. Since he is not making any progress with a commissioned work, he is given a minder (Corinna Harfouch) from Berlin. His wife Anna (Jutta Wachowiak) looks after him in times of deep depression, endures his aggression and his liaison with the housemaid Anneliese (Ulrike Krumbiegel). When he begins a relationship with the factory owner’s widow Ursula Losch (Katrin Sass), she gets a divorce. His love for the beautiful, young Ursula gives him new courage to live, but not permanently. She is a morphinist and drags him even further into the abyss. The short high times are followed by ever greater lows. After the end of World War II, the Red Army appointed him as mayor, but Fallada failed in the unusual task – drugged himself with alcohol and morphine. He goes to Berlin and, under the influence of friends, quickly writes “Everyone dies for himself.” But he was physically exhausted and was taken to hospital, where he died in February 1947. One of the last lavishly produced DEFA films. Jörg Gudzuhn convincingly embodies the artist Hans Fallada, who never really got his life under control and died far too early. Jutta Wachowiak, Katrin Sass, Ulrike Krumbiegel and Corinna Harfouch, who turns 70 on October 16th, shine at his side. Participating music: Robert Stolz, Jean Sibelius Camera: Roland Dressel Book: Helga Schütz Director: Roland Gräf Actors Hans Fallada: Jörg Gudzuhn Anna, Fallada’s wife: Jutta Wachowiak Ursula Losch: Katrin Sass Else-Marie Bukonje: Corinna Harfouch Anneliese: Ulrike Krumbiegel Falladas Mother: Marga Legal and others
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