The Rabbit Is Me
(1965)

Released: 1965-10-25

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The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. In it, a young student has an affair with a judge who once sentenced her brother for political reasons; she eventually confronts him with his opportunism and hypocrisy. It is a sardonic portrayal of the German Democratic Republic's judicial system and its social implications. The film was banned by officials as an anti-socialist, pessimistic and revisionist attack on the state. It henceforth lent its name to all the banned films of 1965, which became known as the "Rabbit Films." After its release in 1990, The Rabbit Is Me earned critical praise as one of the most important and courageous works ever made in East Germany. It was screened at The Museum of Modern Art in 2005 as part of the film series Rebels with a Cause: The Cinema of East Germany.

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Angelika Waller

as Maria Morzeck

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Alfred Müller

as Paul Deister

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Ilse Voigt

as Tante Hete

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Wolfgang Winkler

as Dieter Morzeck

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Carmen-Maja Antoni

as Schulfreundin

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Irma Münch

as Gabriele Deister

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Christoph Engel

as Major Hellmich

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Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

as Vorsitzender der Fischereigenossenschaft

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Walter Jupé

as Principal

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Wolfgang Ebert

First Assistant Camera

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Dieter Anders

Assistant Production Manager

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Oscar Ludmann

Production Manager

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Rita Bieler

Costume Designer

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Alfred Thomalla

Production Design

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Siegbert Fischer

Second Assistant Director

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Hanna Georgi

First Assistant Director

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Alfred Schütz

Property Master

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Erich Gusko

Director of Photography

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Jörg Erkens

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