A Film by Heiner Carow
Two neighbors - Paula, a single woman with two children, and Paul, a conservative
bureaucrat stuck in a loveless marriage - begin to fall in love. The free-spirited
Paula tries to liberate Paul from his complacent life, but it's not until tragedy
and heartaches beset them both that he begins to fully appreciate her love.
But is it too late?
One of the most popular and controversial of all East German films, The Legend
of Paul and Paula is both a romantic and an ironic view of love, with an underlying
plea for individual freedom. Featuring the music of the German cult band The
Puhdys, it proved so popular that not even government-ordered media blackouts
on the film could keep audiences away.
"A party functionary who commits adultery...people with long hair listening
to rock music...it became the Love Story of East Germany!" - German Life
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