Zeit der Störche (1971)
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Heidemarie Wenzel, Winfried Glatzeder, Jürgen Hentsch, Hilmar Baumann, Petra Hinze, Volkmar Kleinert
A principled teacher’s growing love for a carefree assembly worker puts her harmonious life with the man she is close to marrying in question.
The story
While visiting a friend for her vacation, teacher Susanne Krug meets assembly worker Christian Smolny. Susanne is principled and has been with the decent Wolfgang for two years; they lead a harmonious, if uneventful, life and are close to getting married. Christian, by contrast, leads a carefree life and takes little seriously apart from his work. Susanne is the first woman for whom he feels something like love, and she falls in love with him too. But she cannot come to terms with his outlook on life, which he does not want to change, and this leads to a major argument between them.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
On a trip to visit a friend with whom she plans to spend her vacation, teacher Susanne Krug meets assembly worker Christian Smolny. Susanne is principled, a candidate for membership in the SED, and has been with the thoroughly decent Wolfgang for two years. They lead a harmonious, if uneventful, life and are close to getting married. Christian leads a carefree life and takes little seriously apart from his work. Susanne is the first woman for whom he feels something like love. Susanne falls in love with Christian too, but cannot come to terms with his outlook on life, which he does not want to change. This leads to a major argument between them, and Susanne returns to Wolfgang. But she realizes that Christian is the only one she loves. She arranges to meet Christian again. They talk things through, and Christian wants to change in the future.
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