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A trip to the beach isn’t what it appears, a birthday gone wrong, and two women struggling to overcome their past to move forward. All four of these films highlight the difficulties of overcoming political strife and terror to move forward toward a new life.

June 17th 1953, Frida’s 8th birthday, was to be a celebration, but instead tanks are rolling through the streets of East-Berlin. Frida and her mother are waiting for the birthday guests, but they won't come today. Nor does her father return from the demonstration, and Frida’s mother slowly begins to lose control. Outside, protests turn into a political revolt and the revolt is brutally crushed. The relationship between mother and child—the natural laws of responsibility and protection of the strong over the weak seems no longer to be in force.

  • Runtime
    20 minutes
  • Language
    German
  • Country
    Germany
  • Director
    Katharina Rivilis
  • Screenwriter
    Katharina Rivilis, Samuel Chalela Puccini
  • Producer
    Cecilia Trautvetter
  • Cast
    Ninel Skrzypczyk, Katharina Rivilis, Jan Pohl, Nikolay Sidorenko