Just don't think I'll cry

Drama, GDR 1965

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High-school senior Peter considers the adults around him to be hypocritical, self-congratulatory, and immersed in the past. He gets suspended for writing an essay that his teachers consider to be a challenge to the state. Just Don't Think I'll Cry became one of twelve films and film projects-almost an entire year's production-that were banned in 1965-1966 due to their alleged anti-socialist aspects. Although scenes and dialogs were altered and the end was reshot twice, officials condemned this title as "particularly harmful." In 1989, cinematographer Ost restored the original version, and this and most of the other banned films were finally screened in January 1990. Belatedly, they were acclaimed as masterpieces of critical realism.
91 min
HD
FSK 12
Audio language:
German

Awards

40. Berlin International Film Festival (1990) Honorable Mention from FIPRESCI and INTERFILM

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Director:

Frank Vogel

Editor:

Helga Krause

Cast:

Peter Reusse (Peter Neumann)

Anne-Kathrein Kretzschmar (Anne)

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff (Anne's Father)

Jutta Hoffmann (Uschi)

Helga Göring (Mrs. Naumann)

Harry Hindemith (Mr. Naumann)

Herbert Köfer (Mr. Röhle)

Fred Delmare (Brigadier)

Original title:

Denk bloß nicht, ich heule

Original language:

German

Format:

16:9 HD, B/W

Age rating:

FSK 12

Audio language:

German