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Dach überm Kopf (1980)

Dach überm Kopf (1980)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 1980, September 25
Directors: Ulrich Thein
Countries: East Germany
Production: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast: Thomas Neumann, Gudrun Ritter, Udo Schenk, Wolfgang Winkler, Renate Geißler, Harry Merkel, Erika Dunkelmann

Overview:

Karoline Gluth is approaching forty, has an 18-year-old son who is studying and is therefore independent. She decides to start a new life and says goodbye to the family inn on the island of Rügen, where she earned a good living as a cook. She buys a little house on the outskirts of Berlin - based on a photo. The reality, however, looks less favourable than the picture. The house is close to collapse and has an illegal occupant, Christian. She evicts him, but he helps her through the jungle of organising tradesmen and materials. In the process, she meets construction brigadier Herbert Kotbuß, clashes with him - and impresses him. Karoline struggles through, the money runs out, she even has to sell her car, and in the end the house is still pretty much a patchwork. But she has realised her ambition for herself - a new independent life begins.