52 Wochen sind ein Jahr
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52 Weeks Make A Year is an East German film
directed by Richard Groschopp. It was released in 1955.
village in East Germany, old farmer Krestan owns a little land and few animals, which he intends for his daughter Lena to inherit. When the government announces a plan to collectivize all the farms
, Krestan is reluctant to hand over his property, and his neighbors share his sentiments. But when they realize the great advantages of collective ownership, they happily join in.
's novel by the same name, published in 1953. 52 Weeks Make One Year was the first East German film about the collectivization of agriculture in the country.
's magazine, Einheit, dubbed 52 Weeks as one of the films "that were completely supportive of the struggle for German unity and against imperialism and war." Sylvia Klötzer wrote that the film was made in Socialist Realist style. Johannes von Moltke noted that while "suffused with images of rural bliss... rhythms of nature and local tradition" typical to the genre of Homeland films, 52 Weeks "is not entirely irreconcilable with the belief in progress" and is an example to the East German agrarian pictures that focused on the benefits of the collectivization. The Catholic Film Service called it "formalistic, but with good acting."
Film
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directed by Richard Groschopp. It was released in 1955.
Plot
In a litte SorbianSorbs
Sorbs are a Western Slavic people of Central Europe living predominantly in Lusatia, a region on the territory of Germany and Poland. In Germany they live in the states of Brandenburg and Saxony. They speak the Sorbian languages - closely related to Polish and Czech - officially recognized and...
village in East Germany, old farmer Krestan owns a little land and few animals, which he intends for his daughter Lena to inherit. When the government announces a plan to collectivize all the farms
Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft
The German expression Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsgenossenschaft , or — more commonly — its acronym LPG was the official designation for large, collectivised farms in the former East Germany, corresponding to Soviet Kolkhoz.The collectivisation of private and state owned agricultural...
, Krestan is reluctant to hand over his property, and his neighbors share his sentiments. But when they realize the great advantages of collective ownership, they happily join in.
Cast
- Hans Wehrl as Krestan Serbin
- Lotte Loebinger as Serbinowa
- Irene Korb as Lena
- Kurt Oligmüller as Peter
- Erich Franz as Gessner
- Fritz Schlegel as Ladusch
- Lore FrischLore Frisch-Selected filmography:* Der weißblaue Löwe * Junges Herz voll Liebe * 52 Weeks Make A Year * The Czar and the Carpenter * The Dress...
as Sonja - Fabian Wander as Herbert
- Johannes Arpe as Müller
- Dorothea Thiesing as Marta
- Aribert Grimmer as Baumann
- Hans Joachim Schölermann as Professor
- William Gade as Kubank
- Heinz Kammer as Rinke
Production
The film was adapted from Jurij BrězanJurij Brezan
Jurij Brězan was a Sorbian writer. He lived in East Germany.- Life and work :Brězan was born in Räckelwitz near Kamenz. He attended school in Bautzen and then studied political economics. After 1933, he worked illegally for Domowina and was active in a Sorbian resistance group. In 1937-38, he...
's novel by the same name, published in 1953. 52 Weeks Make One Year was the first East German film about the collectivization of agriculture in the country.
Reception
The Socialist Unity Party of GermanySocialist Unity Party of Germany
The Socialist Unity Party of Germany was the governing party of the German Democratic Republic from its formation on 7 October 1949 until the elections of March 1990. The SED was a communist political party with a Marxist-Leninist ideology...
's magazine, Einheit, dubbed 52 Weeks as one of the films "that were completely supportive of the struggle for German unity and against imperialism and war." Sylvia Klötzer wrote that the film was made in Socialist Realist style. Johannes von Moltke noted that while "suffused with images of rural bliss... rhythms of nature and local tradition" typical to the genre of Homeland films, 52 Weeks "is not entirely irreconcilable with the belief in progress" and is an example to the East German agrarian pictures that focused on the benefits of the collectivization. The Catholic Film Service called it "formalistic, but with good acting."
External links
- 52 Wochen sind ein Jahr original poster on ostfilm.de.