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Einmal ist keinmal is a film directed by Konrad Wolf with Brigitte Krause
Einmal ist keinmal (1955)
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Einmal ist keinmal is a German phrase which translates roughly as "once is never" in English, essentially meaning that a single event is not statistically significant or that one can be forgiven the first time one makes a mistake (but, implicitly, not the second time). It is the title of an East German film, released in 1955.
The phrase was also significant in the novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera. In this book, the adage encapsulates the "all-or-nothing" cognitive distortion that the protagonist (Tomas) must overcome in his hero's journey, namely "If we only have one life to live, we might as well not have lived at all," and specifically his initial fallacy, "Was it better to be with Teresa or to remain alone? There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison."
More recently in 2012, it was used as a translation for the title of the German release of the American movie, "One for the Money," starring Katherine Heigl and Jason O'Mara, whose upcoming show "Complications" is due to air June 18, 2015.
According to the Wikiquote page for German Proverbs, one of the translations for Einmal ist Keinmal is "As a rationalization or used often as an excuse for trying something again after the first try or to make somebody prove him/herself again." I believe that it speaks to the protagonist, Stephanie Plum, Katherine Heigl's character; Recently divorced and jobless, she has to start all over again and reluctantly becomes a bounty hunter to prove herself.
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