Yesterday Girl (1966) on Netflix
Anita G. leaves East Germany for West Germany and tries to build a new life. She asks a professor about theft's consequences while a probation officer drills her in ready-made answers.
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Plot summary
Anita G. is a young woman from East Germany who arrives in West Germany and tries to adjust to a new life. She seeks advice from a professor about what theft can lead to, but he avoids her question and talks instead about reading and the difference between love and fear. Her probation officer tries to teach her to give ready-made answers to hard questions such as what is good.
Cast
- Edith Kuntze-Pellogioas Parole Board Officer(Pellogio)
- Palma Falckas Mrs. Budeck(uncredited)
- Ado Riegleras Priester
- Josef Kreindlas Record Company Owner(Kreindl)
- Käthe Ebneras Record Company Owner's Wife(Ebner)
- Hans Brammeras The Professor(Brammer)
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- E.O. Fuhrmannas The Skydiver(Fuhrmann)
- Karl-Heinz Petersas A Man(Peters)
- Fritz Baueras Attorney General(uncredited)
- Erna Bepperlingas Welfare Worker in Jail(uncredited)
- Gottfried Gerhard Bowin-Schlegelas Commissionaire(uncredited)
- Adam Delleas Dog Trainer(uncredited)
- Nathan Gnatzas Chief of the Hotel(uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Yesterday Girl (1966)
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- Yesterday Girl took the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, but the Golden Lion went to Alexander Kluge's next film, Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed; the choice caused a political scandal over its progressive leanings and no Golden Lion was awarded again until 1979.
