Love '47 (1949)

Love '47 (German: Liebe 47) is a 1949 German drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Dieter Horn, Hilde Krahl and Sylvia Schwarz. It was part of the cycle of rubble films made in post-war Germany. A young man and a woman about to commit suicide by jumping into a river, recount to each other their experiences of the Second World War and the struggles of the immediate post-war situation. Eventually they convince each other that life is worth living after all.

It was partly based on the play Draußen vor der Tür by Wolfgang Borchert, with many extra scenes added showing the experience of a woman on the home front whereas the original stage work had concentrated only on the perspectives of soldiers coming home. The film is particularly notable for its sympathetic treatment of its female protagonist.

Synopsis

De retour en Allemagne, Beckmann découvre que, pendant qu'il était prisonnier en Sibérie, sa femme est avec un autre homme et son fils est mort. Il cherche désespérément un seul moyen de s'en sortir, parce qu'il "n'en peut plus". Alors qu'il marche le long de l'Elbe, il rencontre Anna Gehrke, qui "n'en veut plus". Tous deux racontent leurs vies.

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