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Zwei Mütter is a 1957 East German film directed by Frank Beyer and based on a screenplay by Leonie Ossowski. The film was Frank Beyer's graduation film at the Film School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague. The film tells the story of two women, one French and the other German, who fight for a child who has been mistakenly taken by the Germans after a bomb raid. The film had a theatrical release and became a popular success with more than two million tickets sold in East Germany, but was also criticized for "lack of a stance" and "bourgeois pacifism".
Original Release
06/28/1957
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Cast
| Name | Character |
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| Françoise Spira | Madelaine |
| Helga Göring | Hedwig Schindler |
| Ruth Wacker | Jutta Waller |
| Wilhelm Koch-Hooge | Dr. Waller |
| Kurt Oligmüller | Dollmann |
| Heinrich Gies | Amerikanischer Bezirksrichter |
| Fred Ludwig | Toni - Reporter |
| Elfriede Florin | Schwester Paula |
| Johannes Knittel | Groulois |
| Bella Waldritter | Madame Lemeau |
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Françoise Spira | Madelaine |
| Helga Göring | Hedwig Schindler |
| Ruth Wacker | Jutta Waller |
| Wilhelm Koch-Hooge | Dr. Waller |
| Kurt Oligmüller | Dollmann |
| Heinrich Gies | Amerikanischer Bezirksrichter |
| Fred Ludwig | Toni - Reporter |
| Elfriede Florin | Schwester Paula |
| Johannes Knittel | Groulois |
| Bella Waldritter | Madame Lemeau |
| Adolf Peter Hoffmann | Bürgermeister |
| Guido Thielsch | Toni |
| Gertrud-Elisabeth Zillmer | Madame Groulois |
| Franz Arzdorf | Suchdienstbeamter |
| Fredy Barten | Bankdirektor Hocke |
| Irene Dotumbe | Hübsche Französin |
| Liesl Eckardt | Alte Blumenverkäuferin |
| Kurt Getke | Alter Zeitungsverkäufer |
| Annegret Golding | Junges Mädchen im Schulflur |
| Marlene Gramsch | Straßenmädchen |
