Forbidden Love (1990) on Netflix
Georg Kalisch, 18, and Barbara Behrend, 13, have played together since childhood in East Berlin. Their parents oppose their love, and Barbara's age brings the matter to court.
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Plot summary
18-year old Georg and 13-year old Barbara have been playing together as children. Play becomes love later, which leads to a catastrophe , as their parents are hostile leading to file a report to the court, as Barbara is still under age.
Cast
- Hans-Peter Dahmas Georg Kalisch
- Rolf Dietrichas Vater Kalisch
- Joachim Konradas Der Alte
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Forbidden Love (1990)
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- DEFA's Verbotene Liebe is based on a story by the writer Helmut H. Schulz, whose work was banned from publication in East Germany for several years. Though the screenplay was finished, the film itself could not be made for three years.
- Like nearly all DEFA films of the time, Verbotene Liebe was no big success at first, because audiences were interested above all in Western productions; over the years it became a cult film, thanks to its timeless Romeo and Juliet theme.
- The character of the teacher Laube does not appear in the source story; director Helmut Dziuba wrote the part into the screenplay especially for the actress Gudrun Ritter.
- Gudrun Ritter won the Best Supporting Role prize at the last national film festival of East Germany, in 1990, for her part as the teacher Laube.
