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Yesterday Girl (German: Abschied von gestern, "Farewell to Yesterday") is a 1966 New German Cinema film directed and written by Alexander Kluge. The film is based on the short story "Anita G." (1962), which is also by Alexander Kluge. The film tells the story of Anita G., a young East German migrant to West Germany and her struggle to adjust to her new life.
The film won four German Film Awards. The film won a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, whereas Kluge's next film, Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed even went on to win the Golden Lion, a political scandal due to its progressive leanings which resulted in no Golden Lions being awarded up to 1979.
Original Release
09/05/1966
US Release
09/21/1967
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alexandra Kluge | Anita / Anita G. |
Günter Mack | Pichota |
Eva Maria Meineke | Pichota / Frau Pichota |
Hans Korte | The Judge / Richter |
Edith Kuntze-Pellogio | Parole Board Officer / Bewährungshelferin |
E.O. Fuhrmann | The Skydiver |
Josef Kreindl | Record Company Owner / Chef der Plattenfirma |
Käthe Ebner | Record Company Owner's Wife / Josef's Frau |
Hans Brammer | The Professor / Lehrer |
Karl-Heinz Peters | A Man |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alexandra Kluge | Anita / Anita G. |
Günter Mack | Pichota |
Eva Maria Meineke | Pichota / Frau Pichota |
Hans Korte | The Judge / Richter |
Edith Kuntze-Pellogio | Parole Board Officer / Bewährungshelferin |
E.O. Fuhrmann | The Skydiver |
Josef Kreindl | Record Company Owner / Chef der Plattenfirma |
Käthe Ebner | Record Company Owner's Wife / Josef's Frau |
Hans Brammer | The Professor / Lehrer |
Karl-Heinz Peters | A Man |
Fritz Bauer | Attorney General |
Erna Bepperling | Welfare Worker in Jail |
Gottfried Gerhard Bowin-Schlegel | Commissionaire |
Adam Delle | Dog Trainer |
Alfred Edel | Assistant at the University |
Palma Falck | Frau Budeck / Mrs. Budeck |
Nathan Gnatz | Chief of the Hotel |
Alexander Kluge | Narrator |
Irma Kolmhuber | Jailhouse Nurse |
Harald Patzer | Professor |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Alexander Kluge | Producer |