Solo für Martina

Nov 30, 1980

1h 31m

★ 4.0

Overview

Martina and Jürgen are lovers in the GDR. She is studying economics in Leipzig, he is preparing for his master's examination as a violin maker in Altneukirchen in Vogtland. While Martina deals with problems of modern science and technology in her thesis, Jürgen is committed to the traditions of instrument making. This leads to friction and strains the relationship. And when Martina meets her former childhood friend Peter Struck in Altneukirchen, the center of musical instrument making in the GDR, who works here as a physicist at the research institute, jealousy also comes into play.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Fernsehen der DDR

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

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Cast

Martina Becker

Ellen Hellwig

Jürgen Mosler

Karl Thiele

Kurt Mosler

Wolfgang Greese

Ostara Körner

Gabriele Heinz

Jürgen Zartmann

Hellena Büttner

Christian Steyer

Henny Müller

Rudolf Frickau

Uwe Detlef Jessen

Hans-Joachim Entrich

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