Dach überm Kopf

East Germany

• 1980-09-25(XG)
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  Romance,

  Drama
• ▪ 1h-45m

no tagline

Overview

Karoline Gluth is approaching forty, has an 18-year-old son who is studying and is therefore independent. She decides to start a new life and says goodbye to the family inn on the island of Rügen, where she earned a good living as a cook. She buys a little house on the outskirts of Berlin - based on a photo. The reality, however, looks less favourable than the picture. The house is close to collapse and has an illegal occupant, Christian. She evicts him, but he helps her through the jungle of organising tradesmen and materials. In the process, she meets construction brigadier Herbert Kotbuß, clashes with him - and impresses him. Karoline struggles through, the money runs out, she even has to sell her car, and in the end the house is still pretty much a patchwork. But she has realised her ambition for herself - a new independent life begins.

• Ulrich TheinDirector

  Brigitte KrexEditor

  Hartwig StrobelWriter

  Klaus-Dieter HenklerMusic

  Hartwig StrobelCinematography

  Ulrich TheinWriter