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Jadup and Boel (1988)

Jadup and Boel (1988)

Drama
Release Date: 1988, May 12
Directors: Rainer Simon
Countries: East Germany
Production: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast: Thomas Neumann, Gudrun Ritter, Michael Gwisdek, Günter Junghans, Franciszek Pieczka, Christian Grashof, Hildegard Alex, Franz Viehmann, Heide Kipp, Dieter Bellmann, Heidemarie Schneider, Kurt Böwe

Overview:

In a small town, everyone has tried to forget what happened shortly after WWII. That is, until a stranger finds a book that Jadup (Kurt Böwe) gave to the young refugee Boel (Katrin Knappe), who resettled in the town over 30 years ago. Painful memories about Boel and the post-war period begin to surface and shake up the whole town. Boel vanished back then and nobody knew why. Word spread about a rape and some tried to blame a Russian soldier. Jadup, the town's respected and popular mayor, remembers, though, how he mistrusted Boel and did not help her through this difficult time; HE didn't even notice THAT Boel loved him. Jadup's confrontation with the past gives him a new, critical view of his current situation and surroundings.