Born in '45 is part of the DEFA Collection.

Banned in 1966, this sexually frank film, bursting with the stylistic energy of Neo-Realism and the French New Wave, centers on two newlyweds, Alfred and Lisa,who are going crazy living together in their tiny flat and decide to divorce. Albert leaves and drifts through Berlin. Lisa takes the separation hard. Will they reunite?

What the Critics are Saying

"Playful...Provocatively apolitical." - Village Voice

"Harnesses the tone and creative energy of early Godard...perfectly cast…suggests an East German auteurist cinema of international standard." - Boston Phoenix

Read That Was the Wild East: Film Culture, Unification, and the "New" Germany by Leonie Naughton