View Item - GR-R002-1955

Language:
German
Category:
Drama
Duration:
95 min.
Catalog Num:
GR-R002-1955
Title:
Die Ratten (The Rats)
Item Type:
Video
Medium:
VHS
Program:
German

Reserved:
No
Status:
Available

An East German girl is anxious to get a fake passport to the West. To raise the necessary funds, she sells her illegitimate baby to another woman, who hopes that the child will bring her closer to her husband. There are rats scampering on the set and chewing up prop food, but the actual "rats" of the title are of the human variety--notably the petty crook who impregnates Ms. Schell in the first place. Director: Robert Siodmak. Cast: Hans Bermann, Walter Blumm, Carl De Vogt. Black & White. No subtitles. Notes: Based on Gerhart Hauptmann's play. ZDF, 3/12/98. Black&White. Country: West Germany. No Subtitles.

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